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= Sugar on Ubuntu =
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:''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]
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==UbuntuSugarRemix==
 
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'''As of December 2009, We started a total refactoring of how Sugar is packaged in Ubuntu.'''
 
  
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'''Please See the Ubuntu Sugar Remix https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar for the latest information.'''
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In relation to Sugar, Ubuntu is a downstream distribution project that can be used to run Sugar.
  
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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.
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==Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty==
  
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For some people the emulator mode has a serious bug where modifier keys get stuck. A work around is to disable keyboard repeat.
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Sugar 0.110 is in the archive for Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty, and can be installed by typing
  
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:::from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar web page :
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sudo apt install sucrose
  
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==Ubuntu Sugar Remix Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat"==
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* log out,
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: Available at gdm login:
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* log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
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::Ubuntu Desktop Edition
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<!-- last tested with Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty daily live image dated 2017-03-21 plus updates on 30th March 2017 -->
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::Ubuntu Sugar Remix    Ubuntu maverick (development branch) sugar 0.88.1
 
  
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: '''Download Ubuntu Sugar Remix CD image'''
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== Using Sugar inside another desktop environment ==
  
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:The CD images are available from http://download.sugarlabs.org/usr/
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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.
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::Latest:USR-i386-20100922.iso Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" -09/24/2010
 
  
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: '''Burn your Ubuntu Sugar Remix CD'''
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Install the Remote Desktop packages:
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::After the ISO file has finished downloading, you will have to burn the file to a CD. The ISO file will most likely require a special application to burn. Click the link below to find detailed instructions. How to burn a CD image.
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  sudo apt install xrdp rdesktop
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* Windows: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Windows
 
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* Linux: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Linux
 
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* OR Run it in a Virtual Machine: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads#Virtual_Machines_on_all_platforms
 
  
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:'''Install Ubuntu Sugar Remix'''
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Create a user for Sugar:
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adduser sugar
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echo sugar >> /home/sugar/.xsession
  
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::When the CD is ready, simply put it in your CD drive, restart your computer and follow the instructions that will appear on your screen. Don't forget that you can create more copies and pass the CD to as many people as you like.
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Start a session:
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rdesktop -g 1200x900 -u sugar -p sugar 0
  
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: For netbooks without a CD
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==Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS==
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::: Use System/Administration/"USB Startup Disk Creator" in a Ubuntu Desktop to Make an Installer USB. Use this USB to install USR on your netbook.
 
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:Boot from Hard Disk
 
  
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*Hint; to pull in the latest updates including activities: <ctrl> <alt> f5 will get terminal
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Sugar 0.106 is in the archive for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial, and can be installed by typing
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sudo apt-get update
 
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sudo apt-get upgrade
 
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:Use this browser Surf-115.xo: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo (sugar-browse does not work)
 
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:: To install Surf: download Surf-115.xo to a USB (outside of sugar); Start USR Insert this USB and drag-drop it into the USR sugar-journal.
 
  
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*Sugar is available as menu item Education/Sugar; but it is not full screen and not all of the Sugar screen is visible.
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sudo apt install sucrose
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:For Full Screen right click on menu item and save to desktop, then open properties of icon on desktop and change command to "sugar-emulator -f" (full screen option) Start Sugar from this icon...
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<!-- last tested with Ubuntu 16.04.1 Xenial) -->
  
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== Sugar on Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) ==
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Sugar 0.110 can be installed by careful addition of the Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty packages.
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recommended method to install 10.04 Lucid:
 
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Do new install of Ubuntu 9.10
 
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press Alt + F2 and then type "update-manager -d" (without quotes). It will show you that a newversion of Ubuntu is available.
 
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Click on Upgrade to upgrade your current Ubuntu 9.10
 
  
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Lucid has Sugar 0.88, 0.86, and 0.84 packages synced from [[Community/Distributions/Debian|Debian]].
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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.
  
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The current preferred method of running Sugar on Ubuntu is via Ubuntu Sugar Remix which can be downloaded at http://people.sugarlabs.org/dfarning
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==OLPC Ubuntu Sugar 16.04 Xenial LTS ==
  
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Packages can also be install via sudo
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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.
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sudo apt-get install sugar-0.88  <possibly depreciated>
 
  
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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
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==OLPC Ubuntu Sugar 14.04 Trusty LTS ==
  
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  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sugarteam/ppa
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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.
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  sudo apt-get upgrade
 
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  sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sugar-remix
 
  
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=== Reporting Bugs ===
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===Installing a system===
  
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Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSugarRemix/Report for information on reporting bugs.
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How to install Ubuntu with Sugar 0.106:
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* 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],
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* 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]
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* boot our image and install in the [http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-desktop usual way],
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* log out of the Unity desktop, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
  
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'''This is likely to be reimplemented as Lucid hits Feature Freeze'''
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===Adding to a system===
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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.
 
  
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Note: only available for 64-bit systems, check that ''uname -i'' shows x86_64.
  
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How to add Sugar 0.107 to an Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty system:
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* edit <tt>/etc/apt/sources.list</tt> to add the OLPC archive,
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deb [trusted=yes arch=amd64] <nowiki>http://dev.laptop.org/pub/us</nowiki> trusty main
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* update the package lists, and install Sugar,
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sudo apt update && sudo apt install olpc-ubuntu-sugar
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* log out of the Unity desktop, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
  
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==Maple-syrup Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Sugar and many other applications for netbooks==
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===Upgrading a system===
  
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:Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Sugar and many other applications for netbooks (using EeePC1000HE with external USB HD)
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How to upgrade to Sugar 0.107 on an existing Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty system with an earlier version of Sugar already installed:
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::Mentioned in August 23, 2010 http://planet.sugarlabs.org/
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* update the package lists, and apply all pending updates,
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  sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
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* log out, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
  
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===passwords===
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==See also==
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*http://itd-usr.blogspot.com/2010/08/hi-guys-im-happy-to-announce-release-of.htmlHi > Sameer,
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* [https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/OLPC Debian Derivatives Census - OLPC]
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There are three users - the password for each account is the username.
 
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"student" - most restricted account, no install permissions, no > non-removable disk mounting
 
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"teacher" - no install permissions, access to student files
 
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"netbook" - admin account, with superuser privileges
 
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===install=== 
 
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:DVD Image: http://people.sugarlabs.org/~it/maple_syrup-O121_v02_v03.iso
 
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:Burned .iso to DVD
 
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:Booted DVD
 
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:Used Ubuntu USB Startup Disk Creator to install .iso to 250 GB external  USB HD
 
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:Booted  250 GB external  USB HD
 
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:logged in as netbook pswd netbook
 
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:"system/Main Menu"
 
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:properties for sugar changed command sugar to be "sugar-emulator -f"
 
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:started education/sugar
 
  
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:did drag-drop to journal from 2nd usb : http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo
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==Previous releases==
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:started surf-115 from journal
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See [[Ubuntu/Previous]] for how to install older versions of Sugar on older releases of Ubuntu.
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:went to activities (ASLO)
 
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:downloaded terminal-31.xo; IRC-5.xo
 
  
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:logged off sugar
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==Subpages==
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:restarted sugar so activities would be in f3 ring.
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{{Special:PrefixIndex/{{PAGENAME}}/}}
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:In terminal
 
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sudo apt-get updates
 
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sudo apt-get upgrade
 
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===Added ppa===
 
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sugarteam/ppa
 
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sudo apt-get update
 
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sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sugar-remix
 
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:rebooted maple_syrup
 
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== Sugar-0.88 on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) ==
 
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'''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):
 
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sudo apt-get remove `dpkg-query -W -f '${package} ${maintainer}\n' | grep alsroot | awk '{print $1}'`
 
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sudo sed -i '/alsroot.sugar-0.86/d' /etc/apt/sources.list
 
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alsroot/trisquel-edu-3.5
 
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sudo apt-get update
 
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sudo apt-get install sugar-platform
 
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== Sugar-0.86 on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) ==
 
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alsroot/sugar-0.86
 
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sudo apt-get update
 
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sudo apt-get install sugar-platform
 
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== Sugar-0.86 on Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty) ==
 
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Before attaching ppa, load gpg key
 
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gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv F265806A9BFFF0F4
 
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gpg --export --armor F265806A9BFFF0F4 | sudo apt-key add -
 
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sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alsroot/trisquel-edu-3/ubuntu jaunty main >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
 
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sudo apt-get update
 
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sudo apt-get install sugar-platform
 
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Jaunty, the current Ubuntu release, has Sucrose 0.83 packages synced from [[Community/Distributions/Debian|Debian]].
 
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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.
 
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:That work around doesn't work.--[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 00:38, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
 
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0.84 Works for me from  https://launchpad.net/~alsroot/+archive/ppa package name is sugar-platform --[[User:Satyaakam]] 22:00,12 August 2009 (IST)
 
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*works for me on 9.04 using ppa [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu#Using_sugar_PPAs] Oct 31 2009
 
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=== Installing ===
 
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Installation instructions:
 
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sudo apt-get install sugar sugar-activities
 
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== Sugar-0.84 on Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) ==
 
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Before attaching ppa, load gpg key
 
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gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv F265806A9BFFF0F4
 
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gpg --export --armor F265806A9BFFF0F4 | sudo apt-key add -
 
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sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alsroot/trisquel-edu/ubuntu hardy main >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
 
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= ejabberd collaboration server on Ubuntu =
 
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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
 
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For Ubuntu 8.04 you need to build from source: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_ejabberd
 
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= Sugar Team =
 
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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.
 
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[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sugar-0.88 Sugar bug reporting Ubuntu].
 
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[[Category:Supported systems]]
 

Revision as of 02:51, 8 May 2017

Ubuntu-small.jpg

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:

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.

See also

Previous releases

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

Subpages

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