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Ubuntu and ubuntu-based distributions

  • It is Recommended you use Trisquel as a replacement for your Ubuntu install:
Ubuntu has not updated their repositories for sugar since version 0.90 when the Ubuntu Sugar Remix Team stopped work.
For Sugar only look at Trisquel Toast
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Ubuntu-small.jpgSugar Desktop 0.94 on Ubuntu 11.04

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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

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

Ubuntu-small.jpgSugar 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

200px-Edubuntu.pngSugar 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

To run Sugar fullscreen:

  • menu Applications->Education->sugar
  • drag and drop Sugar icon to desktop
  • right-click on Sugar icon->Properties
  • change command to:
 sugar-emulator -f

Trisquel logo.png Trisquel

Ubuntu based and works well. Trisquel 4.1 is based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Trisquel 5, on Ubuntu 11.04.
  • Trisquel is the reason that Sweets-Distribution exists.
alsroot developed it for this Ubuntu based distribution

Example Install Sugar Desktop 0.94.1 on Mint 11

Mint.png Sugar Desktop 0.94.1 on Mint 11 with sweets-distribution

Sweets

  • This is alsroot's name for it.
(Very Advanced installation skills required.)
Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, openSUSE, and Gentoo
For supported Distributions see: Supported_distributions

Sweets-Getting_Started

Ubuntu Sugar Remix Archive USR

http://people.sugarlabs.org/dfarning/USR-i386-20100208.iso

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