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Revision as of 23:33, 27 February 2012

Introduction

We provide two kinds of information in this page.

Existing Ubuntu-based Sugar Spins. A Sugar Spin is a Linux distribution which uses Sugar as its default desktop environment.
How to install Sugar for your Ubuntu desktop. It is dependent on your Ubuntu's release version and the Sugar version you are going to install.

Ubuntu-based Sugar Spins

Trisquel On A Sugar Toast

For Sugar only look at Trisquel Toast

Ubuntu Sugar Remix

Ubuntu has not updated their repositories for sugar since version 0.90 when the Ubuntu Sugar Remix Team stopped work.

http://people.sugarlabs.org/dfarning/

Archive of discontinued project to add Sugar to Ubuntu
These do not work very well. Not Recommended

Sugar Desktop 0.94 on Ubuntu 11.04

Look at sweets-distribution for sugar 0.88 in Ubuntu 10.04 1nd 10.10

Click this link ^

Sweets Distribution is easier to use for Ubuntu' and its Derivatives (Adding an additional Repository via apt commands) as the packages are pre-configured, ready to use.)

(Advanced installation skills required.)

Has Dextrose features

Installation Suggestions

Install Ubuntu 11.04

Download link: http://releases.ubuntu.com/natty/

Log in to "Gnome-classic" (select it from the drop-down menu on the bottom bar of the login screen.)

copy-paste these commands to Ubuntu terminal one line at a time:

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.94/Ubuntu-11.04/ ./'
wget -qO- http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.94/Ubuntu-11.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sweets-distribution

The main menu will now have Education/Sugar
Congratulations you have now installed sugar 0.94

To get sugar to run full screen

Menu:

Applications/Education/Sugar

Right click on sugar XO

"Add this launcher to the desktop" - chose this option

right click on the XO that is now on the desktop

"Properties"

Command: sweets-sugar-emulator -f - Add the -f for full screen (Close)

Now when you click the XO sugar will start full screen and not in a window.

VirtualBox Appliance to import

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Ubuntu_11.04_sweets-distribution_sugar_0.94

This is exactly the same as achieved with the Installation Suggestions above

Sugar Desktop 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.10

NOTE: This version uses previous Sugar release. Collaboration is broken

Sugar 0.90 is NOT RECOMMENDED.
Install sucrose-0.90

sudo apt-get install sucrose-0.90

Only comes with pippy and turtleart. You can download more Activities from [activites.sugarlabs.org ] from outside of Sugar and install each .xo bundle individually in a terminal with:

sugar-install-bundle activity.xo

To run Sugar fullscreen:

Go to the menu Applications->Education->sugar
Drag and drop the Sugar icon to the desktop
Right-click on Sugar icon and choose Properties
Change the command to:

 sugar-emulator -f

If you need to turn off screensaver and power management:

xset s off
xset -dpms

Sugar Desktop 0.90 on edubuntu 11.10

Sugar 0.90 is NOT RECOMMENDED

Note: classic gnome fallback is available on install

Install sucrose-0.90

sudo apt-get install sucrose-0.90

Only comes with pippy and turtleart. To get more activities you can:

Download [the Surf activity ] and put it in a USB key. Within Sugar, copy the bundle to the Journal to install it. Start Surf and point it to [activites.sugarlabs.org ] to get other activities.

Or you can download from [activites.sugarlabs.org ] from outside Sugar and install each .xo bundle individually in a terminal with:

sugar-install-bundle activity.xo