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Latest revision as of 20:11, 6 December 2019

With VirtualBox^® one can run Sugar on Microsoft Windows, Intel-based Apple Macintosh, or GNU/Linux host computers from within a virtual machine window.

See this VirtualBox overview. VirtualBox is a large software installation with many features and operating system options. A User Manual and other documentation is available online. Those who have not used VirtualBox before, might find it more easy to understand and install than expected.

VirtualBox Downloads: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

(See VirtualBox/Technical for some collected details.)

The following instructions are intended for those Learners interested in using VirtualBox to run Sugar. The process is not fully mature as the technology is evolving both in the VirtualBox and operating system software.

Online IRC support is available from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/IRC

Various VirtualBox experiments may be found on the discussion page.

Install VirtualBox

on Mac OS X

Follow the instructions on the VirtualBox Downloads page for Mac OS X.

on Microsoft Windows

Download from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads.

on GNU/Linux

Use the VirtualBox packages available in your GNU/Linux distribution. For example, on Ubuntu, it is available in Ubuntu Software Centre.

Or, use the most recent packages from VirtualBox, see Linux Downloads.

Also, see Talk:VirtualBox page for experimental installation variations.

Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick

Notice: Prebuilt VirtualBox 4.1 Appliances are available. Just click "import" on one of the .vmdk or .ovf files.

One may also use these instructions, VirtualBox/Preparing a disk image, to prepare one's own.

You can watch a screencast video of the process with an earlier version of SoaS on a Mac here:

In VirtualBox click New
Click Next
Enter a name "Sugar"
Operating System: choose Linux
Version: choose Fedora
Click Next
For memory leave 256 MB
Click Next
Virtual Hard Disk click Existing
Click the little folder to the right of the selection box
1. A new window pops up
2. Click Add button in the toolbar
3. Browse to the location where you extracted the .vdi disk image
4. Click Open
5. Click Select
Click Next
Click Finish
Select Sugar on the left
Click Start in the toolbar
After a minute or two you should see the Sugar screen asking for you name
Enter your name
Click Done at the bottom of the window. You might have to scroll.
From now on you can start VirtualBox and start the "Sugar" virtual machine

Setup a Virtual Machine for Ubuntu Sugar

Use Ubuntu Software Centre to install the virtualbox-guest-utils package, so that your virtual machine display can be resized to fit your computer.

Issues

Activating the Frame might be a little difficult. The lower 2 corners are easiest and you may want to configure edge activation in the My Settings > Frame panel. With VirtualBox Guest Additions installed (see here), only the bottom edge and corners are available for Frame activation.

On Mac keyboards, you might wish to change the Virtual Box default key for switching the Sugar cursor to the normal one, as the default key (control right arrow on Mac keyboards) is trapped by Sugar. (Windows and Linux keyboards use Right Ctrl.) You may do this change in File/settings of the Virtual Box menu.

Resources

http://www.virtualbox.org/
OLPC:VirtualBox
How To Install Virtualbox Guest Additions in Fedora Guest (Based on Fedora 8)
install the virtualbox guest additions

on Debian, Ubuntu, or derived distributions

sudo apt install virtualbox-guest-utils

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-At the pilot school for SoaS in Boston all the teachers have apple laptops. We expect the most convenient way for the teachers to run Sugar will be as an emulation of their existing laptop.
+<noinclude>
+[[Category:Virtual machine or platform emulator]]
+[[Category:HowTo]]
+</noinclude>
-These are instructions for using a copy of Sugar on a Stick configured to run in VirtualBox. It is a VirtualBox disk image created from SoaS-7 that allows saving changes and includes VirtualBox Guest Additions which allows 1024x768 resolution.
+With [[wikipedia:VirtualBox|VirtualBox<sup>®</sup>]] one can run [[Emulator image files|Sugar]] on Microsoft Windows, Intel-based  Apple Macintosh, or GNU/Linux host computers from within a virtual machine window.
-First download the virtualbox disk image http://solutiongrove.com/soas-7-vbox.zip  then unzip this file and remember where you put it.  While you are waiting for SoaS to download you can set up Virtual Box
+See this '''[https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox overview]'''. VirtualBox is a large software installation with many features and operating system options. A [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation User Manual and other documentation] is available online. Those who have not used VirtualBox before, might find it more easy to understand and install than expected.
-===Setup Virtual Box on OS X===
+VirtualBox Downloads: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
-. Download virtualbox for OS X http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/2.1.0/VirtualBox-2.1.0-41146-OSX_x86.dmg
-. Install it by opening the DMG.
-. Follow the instructions in the window
-. Double click VirtualBox.mpkg
-. If you see a warning about running a program from the internet click OK to run it.
-. click continue until you see the license popup, click Agree.
-. Choose location to install, probably something like Macintosh HD then click Continue.
-. Click Continue, then Install. Enter password if required.
-. Now you can run VirtualBox by opening the Applications folder and double clicking on the icon.
-===Setup VirtualBox on Linux or Windows===
+(See [[VirtualBox/Technical]] for some collected details.)
-Download VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
+The following instructions are intended for those Learners interested in using VirtualBox to run Sugar.  The process is not fully mature as the technology is evolving both in the VirtualBox and operating system software.
+: Online IRC support is available from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/IRC
+: Various VirtualBox experiments may be found on the [[Talk:VirtualBox|discussion page]].
-===Setup Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick===
+==Install VirtualBox==
+=== on Mac OS X ===
-. In VirtualBox click New
+Follow the instructions on the VirtualBox [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Downloads page] for Mac OS X.
-. click Next.
-. Enter a name "Sugar"
+=== on Microsoft Windows ===
-. Operating System: choose Linux
-. Version: choose Fedora
+: Download from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads.
-. click Next.
-. For memory leave 256 MB then click Next.
+=== on GNU/Linux ===
-. Virtual Hard Disk click Existing
-. a new window pops up
+Use the VirtualBox packages available in your GNU/Linux distribution.  For example, on Ubuntu, it is available in Ubuntu Software Centre.
-. click Add button in the toolbar
-. browse to the location where you downloaded the disk image
+Or, use the most recent packages from VirtualBox, see [http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads Linux Downloads].
-. click Open
-. click Select
+Also, see [[Talk:VirtualBox]] page for experimental installation variations.
-. click Next
-. click Finish
+==Setup a Virtual Machine for Sugar on a Stick==
-. select Sugar in the left then click Start in the toolbar
+'''Notice:''' [[Emulator_image_files#VirtualBox|Prebuilt VirtualBox 4.1 Appliances]] are available. Just click "import" on one of the .vmdk or .ovf files.
-. after a minute or two you should see the sugar screen asking for you name. Enter your name and click Next.
+:One may also use these instructions, [[VirtualBox/Preparing a disk image]], to prepare one's own.
-. From now on you can start Virtualbox and start the Sugar install.
+{{Iframe|You can watch a screencast video of the process with an earlier version of SoaS on a Mac here: |http://www.screencast.com/users/solutiongrove/folders/Jing/media/2ab6e487-6bee-4517-b099-a96aab0e0098
+|940|896|1}}
+# In VirtualBox click New
+# Click Next
+# Enter a name "Sugar"
+# Operating System: choose Linux
+# Version: choose Fedora
+# Click Next
+# For memory leave 256 MB
+# Click Next
+# Virtual Hard Disk click Existing
+# Click the little folder to the right of the selection box
+## A new window pops up
+## Click Add button in the toolbar
+## Browse to the location where you extracted the .vdi disk image
+## Click Open
+## Click Select
+# Click Next
+# Click Finish
+# Select Sugar on the left
+# Click Start in the toolbar
+# After a minute or two you should see the Sugar screen asking for you name
+# Enter your name
+# Click Done at the bottom of the window. You might have to scroll.
+# From now on you can start VirtualBox and start the "Sugar" virtual machine
+==Setup a Virtual Machine for Ubuntu Sugar==
+Use Ubuntu Software Centre to install the ''virtualbox-guest-utils'' package, so that your virtual machine display can be resized to fit your computer.
+==Issues==
+* Activating the Frame might be a little difficult. The lower 2 corners are easiest and you may want to configure edge activation in the My Settings > Frame panel.  With VirtualBox Guest Additions installed (see [[VirtualBox/Preparing_a_disk_image#Installing_VirtualBox_Guest_Additions| here]]), only the bottom edge and corners are available for Frame activation.
+* On Mac keyboards, you might wish to change the Virtual Box default key for switching the Sugar cursor to the normal one, as the default key (control right arrow on Mac keyboards) is trapped by Sugar. (Windows and Linux keyboards use Right Ctrl.) You may do this change in File/settings of the Virtual Box menu.
+==Resources==
+* http://www.virtualbox.org/
+* [[OLPC:VirtualBox]]
+* [http://fedorasolved.org/Members/realz/VB_Guest_Addition How To Install Virtualbox Guest Additions in Fedora Guest] (Based on Fedora 8)
+* install the virtualbox guest additions
+::on Debian, Ubuntu, or derived distributions
+ sudo apt install virtualbox-guest-utils