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Install

mandriva wiki

How to install Sugar on Mandriva

see: Mageia2-alpha1 http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Mageia

task-sugar migrated to Mageia2-alpha1

Beginning from 2009.1 version Mandriva supports Sugar out-of-the-box.

Mandriva Linux release 2011.2

http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/2011/

http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/iso/2011/Mandriva.2011.i586.1.iso

http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/iso/2011/Mandriva.2011.x86_64.1.iso

Install sugar

Start Mandriva LinuxMandriva.2011.i586.1
start browser
  http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
 <Add Official Media> {Hit button on website]
 (packages download)
start root terminal
urpmi task-sugar --allow-nodeps (python-xpcom-2.0.0.0-0.hg20101106.1mdv2011.0.i586 (due to unsatisfied xulrunner[== 2.0]) can't install
128 pkgs
urpmi task-gnome (KDE has no switcher)
Configure your Computer/ Set up display manager (x) GDM
restart
Log in with gdm switcher as sugar FAILS 
(gnome and KDE start)

Activities (updated)

Updated in Control Panel 4 December 2011

irc 10
read 92
pippy 43
write 77
log 27
chat 73
Image Viewer 19
terminal 35
jukebox 23
calculate 38
Turtle Art 129
Browse 129 (Tabbed browsing)
Cartoon Builder 14
Etoys 115

Reviews

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20110829

Mandriva Linux release 2011 beta 3

http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/devel/iso/2011/

http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/devel/iso/2011/Mandriva.2011-beta3.i586.iso

http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/devel/iso/2011/Mandriva.2011-beta3.i586.iso.md5sum

Mandriva Linux release 2010.2 (Sugar 0.88.0)

Released 12/22/2010

use same commands as for 2010.1 to install

log in on gdm switch bar selecting "sugar"

Browse 123 works fine, (07/04/2011 satellit)

Mandriva Linux 2010.2 (sugar 0.88.0 )

Mandriva 2010.2 Downloads

Mandriva-linux-one-2010.1-sugar Virtualbox Appliance

mandriva info

Mandriva wiki: Sugar_Desktop

Start Mandriva Linux 2010.2 (Official) for i586
start browser
  http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
 <Add Official Media> {Hit button on website]
 (packages download)
start terminal
su
password
urpmi task-sugar
Log Out
Log in with gdm switcher as sugar

Mandriva Linux 2010.0 (sugar 0.86.2 )

Start Mandriva Linux 2010.0 (Official) for i586
start browser
  http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
 <Add Official Media>
  in root terminal
  urpmi task-sugar
 (76 packages download)
Log Out
Log in with gdm switcher as sugar

Mandriva Spring 2009.1 (0.84.2 sugar)

Start Mandriva Linux Spring 2009.1 (Official) for i586
start browser
  http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/
 <Add Official Media> {Hit button on website]
 (packages download)
Log Out
Log in with gdm switcher as sugar

Sugar-emulator available

Older then 2009.1 or using last development versions

You should setup link to development repository. Add these lines to /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg

Contrib mirror/arch/media/contrib/release {
}

Where mirror is a cooker mirror from that list and arch is one of supported platforms

Install Sugar packages

To install core components (services, window manager, journal etc.) type:

sudo urpmi sugar-glucose

To install core activities type:

sudo urpmi sugar-fructose

Or to install the Sugar Platform (sugar-glucose + sugar-fructose + honey's deps):

sudo urpmi task-sugar

NOTE on x86_64 architecture you need i586 repository to install squeak dependency.

Platforms

i586
x86_64

Packages

Sugar packages are being generated by jhconvert and follow its matrix of package versions.

Bugs

Post bugs to official Mandriva bug tracker. You need to fill in follow fields:

Product to Mandriva Linux
Component select from list
Version to Cooker
Hardware Platform to i586 or x86_64
Source RPM follow field's comments

Note:

eracc> Hmmm, looks like the 14th(feb 2011) was the day everything was deleted in the on-line media sources. I guess this is Mandriva's Valentine's Day Massacre.

Contacts

Aleksey Lim
Tomeu Vizoso
Tom Gilliard testing
be involved and add yourself here

Resources

2011 Blog

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 ===How to install Sugar on Mandriva===
+*see: Mageia2-alpha1 http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Mageia
+:task-sugar migrated to Mageia2-alpha1
 *Beginning from 2009.1 version Mandriva supports Sugar out-of-the-box.
-: Task-sugar does not yet work in Mandriva 2011-alpha (see link in Resources) 02/25/2011 satellit
-=====Mandriva Linux release 2011=====
+=====Mandriva Linux release 2011.2=====
 :http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/2011/
 :http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/official/iso/2011/Mandriva.2011.i586.1.iso
@@ Line 52: / Line 54: @@
 =====Mandriva Linux release 2010.2 (Sugar 0.88.0)=====
 : Released 12/22/2010
-:::'''[http://torrent.mandriva.com/public/2010.2/ Mandriva 2010.2 Downloads]'''
 ::use same commands as for 2010.1 to install
 *log in on gdm switch bar selecting "sugar"
 ;Browse 123 works fine, (07/04/2011 satellit)
-::Known Problem (depreciated):
-:::Browse does not start
-:::Solution:
-*In Mandriva 2010.2 sugar-terminal or Konsole:
- wget http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/firefox-6.xo
- cp firefox-6.xo Desktop
-# drag drop this file onto a 2nd USB stick
-# Move Cursor to Journal on top frame
-# Click on USB symbol on bottom left when frame retracts
-# Drag with mouse the firefox-6.xo to the Journal in bottom right corner
-*Firefox is installed on the f3 Ring, click to start
 =====Mandriva Linux 2010.2 '''(sugar 0.88.0 )'''=====