Mandriva

Install

How to install Sugar on Mandriva box.

2009.1 and newer versions

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

Notes: (satellit 11/08/2009)

Mandriva Spring 2009.1

Mandriva Spring 2009.1 CD, install to a (8Gb Toshiba USB) with desktop install icon.
go to software management and install "task-sugar".
Then log out and log in to sugar in a gdm-like switcher.
(0.84.2 sugar).
It works. (Boots wirelessly with nvidia) definitely non-free: / (

Mandriva Linux 2010.0

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
        (sugar 0.86.2 )

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 SugarPlatform(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 fillin 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

Contacts

Aleksey Lim
Tomeu Vizoso
be involved and add yourself here

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