Difference between revisions of "Ubuntu"

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Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux operating system, with Unity as its default desktop environment. -- wikipedia.org

In relation to Sugar, Ubuntu is a downstream distribution project that can be used to run Sugar.

Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty

Sugar 0.110 is in the archive for Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty, and can be installed by typing

sudo apt install sucrose

log out,
log in with the Sugar desktop selected.

Using Sugar inside another desktop environment

Sugar is a desktop environment. For developers who use Ubuntu Unity or another desktop environment, Sugar can be run inside that environment as a window.

Install the Remote Desktop packages:

sudo apt install xrdp rdesktop

Create a user for Sugar:

adduser sugar
echo sugar >> /home/sugar/.xsession

Start a session:

rdesktop -g 1200x900 -u sugar -p sugar 0

Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS

Sugar 0.106 is in the archive for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial, and can be installed by typing

sudo apt install sucrose

Sugar 0.110 can be installed by careful addition of the Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty packages.

Organisations that require Ubuntu 16.04 support for Sugar may consider getting involved in the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates process.

OLPC Ubuntu Sugar 16.04 Xenial LTS

One Laptop per Child has been curating Sugar 0.110 and Activities on the Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial operating system. This build has entered production, and can be acquired through private negotiation or by ordering laptops from OLPC.

OLPC Ubuntu Sugar 14.04 Trusty LTS

One Laptop per Child was curating Sugar and Activities on the Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty operating system, but support for this version has since ended.

Installing a system

How to install Ubuntu with Sugar 0.106:

you must already be familiar with how to install Ubuntu, if not, see Download Ubuntu Desktop, and Install Ubuntu Desktop,
download our installer image (1.2 GB) md5, package list
boot our image and install in the usual way,
log out of the Unity desktop, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.

Adding to a system

Note: only available for 64-bit systems, check that uname -i shows x86_64.

How to add Sugar 0.107 to an Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty system:

edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add the OLPC archive,

deb [trusted=yes arch=amd64] http://dev.laptop.org/pub/us trusty main

update the package lists, and install Sugar,

sudo apt update && sudo apt install olpc-ubuntu-sugar

log out of the Unity desktop, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.

Upgrading a system

How to upgrade to Sugar 0.107 on an existing Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty system with an earlier version of Sugar already installed:

update the package lists, and apply all pending updates,

sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade

log out, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.

Previous releases

See Ubuntu/Previous for how to install older versions of Sugar on older releases of Ubuntu.

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+<noinclude>[[Category:Supported systems]]</noinclude>
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-= Sugar on Ubuntu =
+:''Ubuntu is a [[Debian]]-based Linux operating system, with Unity as its default desktop environment.'' -- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29 wikipedia.org]
-'''As of December 2009, We started a total refactoring of how Sugar is packaged in Ubuntu.'''
+In relation to Sugar, Ubuntu is a downstream distribution project that can be used to run Sugar.
-'''Please See the Ubuntu Sugar Remix hhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar for the latest information.'''
+==Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty==
-The Sugar packages for Ubuntu provide a Sugar environment that is easy to install and can be configured as an X session in gdm or run in a window with sugar-emulator.
+Sugar 0.110 is in the archive for Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty, and can be installed by typing
-For some people the emulator mode has a serious bug where modifier keys get stuck.  A work around is to disable keyboard repeat.
+  sudo apt install sucrose
-== Sugar on Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) ==
+* log out,
-recommended method to install 10.04 Lucid:
+* log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
- Do new install of Ubuntu 9.10
+<!-- last tested with Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty daily live image dated 2017-03-21 plus updates on 30th March 2017 -->
- press Alt + F2 and then type "update-manager -d" (without quotes). It will show you that a newversion of Ubuntu is available.
- Click on Upgrade to upgrade your current Ubuntu 9.10
-Lucid has Sugar 0.88, 0.86, and 0.84 packages synced from [[Community/Distributions/Debian|Debian]].
+== Using Sugar inside another desktop environment ==
-The current preferred method of running Sugar on Ubuntu is via Ubuntu Sugar Remix which can be downloaded at http://people.sugarlabs.org/dfarning
+Sugar is a desktop environment.  For developers who use Ubuntu Unity or another desktop environment, Sugar can be run inside that environment as a window.
-Packages can also be install via sudo
+Install the Remote Desktop packages:
-  sudo apt-get install sugar-0.88   <possibly depreciated>
+  sudo apt install xrdp rdesktop
-You can also install Ubuntu Sugar remix on a computer running Ubuntu 10.04. from UbuntuSugarRemix wiki: [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSugarRemix]01/28/2010
+Create a user for Sugar:
+ adduser sugar
+ echo sugar >> /home/sugar/.xsession
-  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sugarteam/ppa
+Start a session:
-  sudo apt-get upgrade
+ rdesktop -g 1200x900 -u sugar -p sugar 0
-  sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sugar-remix
-=== Reporting Bugs ===
+==Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS==
-Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSugarRemix/Report for information on reporting bugs.
+Sugar 0.106 is in the archive for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial, and can be installed by typing
-'''This is likely to be reimplemented as Lucid hits Feature Freeze'''
+ sudo apt install sucrose
-The Ubuntu Sugar team will do their best to provide fixes for bugs, but it does take time to get an updated package uploaded through Ubuntu's [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates Stable Release Updates] process. Where possible we'll suggest a workaround, or provide a fix in the [https://launchpad.net/~sugarteam/+archive Sugar Team PPA] first.
+<!-- last tested with Ubuntu 16.04.1 Xenial) -->
-== Sugar-0.88 on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) ==
+Sugar 0.110 can be installed by careful addition of the Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty packages.
-'''NOTE''' If 0.86 ppa was used before, you'll have to clean it up (unfortunately 0.86 ppa uses epoch versions and couldn't be used with 0.88 one):
+Organisations that require Ubuntu 16.04 support for Sugar may consider getting involved in the Ubuntu [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates Stable Release Updates] process.
- sudo apt-get remove `dpkg-query -W -f '${package} ${maintainer}\n' | grep alsroot | awk '{print $1}'`
+==OLPC Ubuntu Sugar 16.04 Xenial LTS ==
- sudo sed -i '/alsroot.sugar-0.86/d' /etc/apt/sources.list
-To install:
+One Laptop per Child has been curating Sugar 0.110 and Activities on the Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial operating system.  This build has entered production, and can be acquired through private negotiation or by ordering laptops from OLPC.
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alsroot/trisquel-edu-3.5
+==OLPC Ubuntu Sugar 14.04 Trusty LTS ==
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install sugar-platform
-== Sugar-0.86 on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) ==
+One Laptop per Child was curating Sugar and Activities on the Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty operating system, but support for this version has since ended.
-To install:
+===Installing a system===
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alsroot/sugar-0.86
+How to install Ubuntu with Sugar 0.106:
- sudo apt-get update
+* you must already be familiar with how to install Ubuntu, if not, see [http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop Download Ubuntu Desktop], and [http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-desktop Install Ubuntu Desktop],
- sudo apt-get install sugar-platform
+* download [http://people.sugarlabs.org/quozl/ubuntu/trusty/sugar-0.106/olpc-ubuntu-sugar-14.04.2-desktop-amd64-1436317817.iso our installer image] (1.2 GB) [http://people.sugarlabs.org/quozl/ubuntu/trusty/sugar-0.106/olpc-ubuntu-sugar-14.04.2-desktop-amd64-1436317817.iso.md5 md5]<!-- b5584db2d995041c5c732d22320645f8 -->, [http://people.sugarlabs.org/quozl/ubuntu/trusty/sugar-0.106/olpc-ubuntu-sugar-14.04.2-desktop-amd64-1436317817.iso.packages.txt package list]
+* boot our image and install in the [http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-desktop usual way],
+* log out of the Unity desktop, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
-== Sugar-0.86 on Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) ==
+===Adding to a system===
-Before attaching ppa, load gpg key
+Note: only available for 64-bit systems, check that ''uname -i'' shows x86_64.
- gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv F265806A9BFFF0F4
- gpg --export --armor F265806A9BFFF0F4 | sudo apt-key add -
-Then attach PPA and install entirely Sugar Platform:
+How to add Sugar 0.107 to an Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty system:
-  sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alsroot/trisquel-edu-3/ubuntu jaunty main >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
+* edit <tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt> to add the OLPC archive,
-  sudo apt-get update
+  deb [trusted=yes arch=amd64] <nowiki>http://dev.laptop.org/pub/us</nowiki> trusty main
- sudo apt-get install sugar-platform
+* update the package lists, and install Sugar,
+  sudo apt update && sudo apt install olpc-ubuntu-sugar
+* log out of the Unity desktop, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
-<!--
+===Upgrading a system===
-Jaunty, the current Ubuntu release, has Sucrose 0.83 packages synced from [[Community/Distributions/Debian|Debian]].
-Sugar does not work out-of-the-box under Jaunty as of 2009-07-01, although there is a workaround. See the [[Talk:Community/Distributions/Ubuntu|discussion here]] for more information.
+How to upgrade to Sugar 0.107 on an existing Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty system with an earlier version of Sugar already installed:
+* update the package lists, and apply all pending updates,
+ sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
+* log out, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
-:That work around doesn't work.--[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 00:38, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
+==See also==
+* [https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/OLPC Debian Derivatives Census - OLPC]
-.84 Works for me from  https://launchpad.net/~alsroot/+archive/ppa package name is sugar-platform --[[User:Satyaakam]] 22:00,12 August 2009 (IST)
+==Previous releases==
+See [[Ubuntu/Previous]] for how to install older versions of Sugar on older releases of Ubuntu.
-*works for me on 9.04 using ppa [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu#Using_sugar_PPAs] Oct 31 2009
+==Subpages==
-=== Installing ===
+{{Special:PrefixIndex/{{PAGENAME}}/}}
-Installation instructions:
- sudo apt-get install sugar sugar-activities
--->
-== Sugar-0.84 on Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) ==
-Before attaching ppa, load gpg key
- gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv F265806A9BFFF0F4
- gpg --export --armor F265806A9BFFF0F4 | sudo apt-key add -
-Then attach PPA and install entirely Sugar Platform:
- sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alsroot/trisquel-edu/ubuntu hardy main >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install sugar-platform
-= ejabberd collaboration server on Ubuntu =
-We use ejabberd for a collaboration server. Ubuntu 8.10 ships with the required patches included in ejabberd, so you can install ejabberd, configure it and have working collaboration within minutes, using these installation instructions: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_ejabberd/deb
-For Ubuntu 8.04 you need to build from source: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_ejabberd
-= Sugar Team =
-Sugar on Ubuntu is packaged and maintained by the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SugarTeam Ubuntu Sugar team][https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSugarRemix], who welcome new contributors to test, document, triage, and make packages.
-[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sugar-0.88 Sugar bug reporting Ubuntu].
-[[Category:Supported systems]]