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| ==Summary==
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| You have an Ubuntu system and you wish to try Sugar?
| | ::https://sourceforge.net/projects/cyberorg-home/files/Li-f-e/ |
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| ==Installation==
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| As of 2012-02, Ubuntu does not have a stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories.
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| Until this is fixed, try one of these options:
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| * use [[Community/Distributions/Sweets_Distribution|Sweets]] on Ubuntu, recommended for Ubuntu 11.04, see [[#How_to_install_Sweets_on_Ubuntu|below]],
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| * use a virtual appliance, compatible with any version of Ubuntu, see [[#How_to_install_a_virtual_appliance|below]],
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| * use the unstable version 0.90 of Sugar, from the Ubuntu repositories, compatible with any version of Ubuntu, see [[#How_to_install_Sugar_0.90_on_Ubuntu_11.10|below]], or
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| * install from Sugar source.
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| ===How to install Sweets on Ubuntu===
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| Install packages on an Ubuntu system so that you may run Sugar.
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| See [[Community/Distributions/Sweets#Ubuntu_and_its_derivates|How to install Sweets on Ubuntu]].
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| ===How to install a virtual appliance===
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| Install a virtual appliance based on Ubuntu.
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| *Tutorial: [[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/VirtualBox_Import|''' How to Import a virtual Appliance into VirtualBox''']] for detailed explanation
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| See [[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Ubuntu_11.04_sweets-distribution_sugar_0.94|How to install an Ubuntu 11.04 Sweets Distribution Sugar 0.94 virtual appliance]].
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| There are other virtual appliances based on other distributions, which can be imported into virtualisation software on Ubuntu.
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| See [[Emulator_image_files|Emulator image files]].
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| ===How to install Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.10===
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| *click on Ubuntu Software Centre,
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| *search for Sugar,
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| *click on sugar-emulator-0.90,
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| *click on Install,
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| Sugar will be downloaded and installed.
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| To start Sugar, click on Dash, then search for Sugar.
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| ===How to install Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.04===
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| *click on Applications, then Ubuntu Software Centre,
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| *search for Sugar,
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| *click on Install,
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| Sugar will be downloaded and installed.
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| To start Sugar, click on Applications, then Education, then Sugar.
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| ==Using Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu==
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| There are many problems with Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu, many of which have been fixed in a later version, so we recommend the above methods instead.
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| ===Problem: collaboration is broken===
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| Activity collaboration over a local area network does not work. There is no workaround.
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| ===Problem: unexpected dialog===
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| A "Choose password for new keyring" dialog may appear the first time Sugar is started.
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| Workaround: the dialog can be cancelled.
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| ===Problem: Browse activity does not work===
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| Browse can be installed, but does not work, because the Sugar Platform is incomplete on this version of Ubuntu; it is missing hulahop.
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| Workaround: use the Surf activity:
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| * download http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo
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| * install the bundle in a terminal by typing:
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| sugar-install-bundle Surf-115.xo
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| Workaround: use Firefox started from Terminal. However, Firefox is not integrated with Sugar, and does not access the journal or install activity bundles.
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| ===Problem: very few activities===
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| Only the Pippy and TurtleArt activities are included.
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| Workaround: you can download more Activities from [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/ activites.sugarlabs.org] using Surf.
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| Workaround: you can download more activities from Ubuntu. Click on System, then Administration, then Synaptic Package Manager. The packages names all start with ''sugar-'' and end with ''-activity''. For example ''sugar-terminal-activity''.
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| Workaround: you can download more Activities from [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/ activites.sugarlabs.org] from outside of Sugar and install each .xo bundle individually in a terminal with:
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| sugar-install-bundle activity.xo
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| Activities that you install in a Sugar Terminal activity are automatically made favourites and will appear in the home view.
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| Activities that you install in GNOME Terminal are not automatically made favourites, and so do not appear in the home view. Use the List View to mark them as favourites.
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| ===Problem: Sugar is not full screen===
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| Sugar on Ubuntu is run in a window. For some ages of learner, a full screen is better, to avoid distractions.
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| Workaround: to run Sugar full screen:
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| *Go to the menu Applications -> Education -> Sugar,
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| *Drag and drop the Sugar icon to the desktop,
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| *Right-click on Sugar icon and choose Properties,
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| *Change the command to:
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| /usr/bin/sugar-emulator -f
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| *Use the desktop icon instead of the menu to start Sugar.
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| ===Problem: no screensaver or power management controls in Sugar===
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| Sugar does not have screensaver or display power management controls compatible with Ubuntu.
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| Workaround: turn off screensaver and power management, using Terminal commands:
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| xset s off
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| xset -dpms
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