Debian
- Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. -- debian.org
In relation to Sugar, Debian is a downstream distribution project that can be used to run Sugar.
Using Sugar 0.106 on Debian
Sugar 0.106 is available in Debian Stretch:
- install Debian Jessie in the usual way, see debian.org,
- change /etc/apt/sources.list to use the Debian Stretch testing release,
sudo sed -i 's/jessie/stretch/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
- update the package lists,
sudo apt update
- install Sugar,
sudo apt install sucrose
- restart the display manager or reboot,
sudo service gdm3 start
- log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
We use the testing Stretch release because Sugar is not in the current stable Jessie release, as it was not ready. But this has been fixed.
Using Sugar 0.110 on Debian
As above, but use experimental Sid release instead of Stretch.
Pre-built Images
There are no pre-built Debian images for Sugar, but the tools available in Debian make this easy for any integration or deployment team. There's no need for us to duplicate documentation here.
Packaging
Packaging of Sugar on Debian is done by a team:
- pkg-sugar project,
- pkg-sugar-devel mailing list,
- pkg-sugar-commit mailing list,
- pkg-sugar git repositories,
- package archive of Jonas Smedegaard,
Sucrose packages are usually updated in the unstable release. These packages migrate to the testing release after a while. You can see the current package versions here.
Those interested in developing Sugar software should visit our developer documentation website.
Derivatives
Derivatives of Debian include:
See Also
- Sugar page on the Debian Wiki,
- the Debian Edu product Skolelinux