Ubuntu
Summary
You have an Ubuntu system and you wish to try Sugar?
Installation
As of 2012-02, Ubuntu does not have a stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories.
Until this is fixed, try one of these options:
- use Sweets on Ubuntu, recommended for Ubuntu 11.04, see below,
- use a virtual appliance, compatible with any version of Ubuntu, see below,
- use the unstable version 0.90 of Sugar, from the Ubuntu repositories, compatible with any version of Ubuntu, see below, or
- install from Sugar source.
How to install Sweets on Ubuntu
Install packages on an Ubuntu system so that you may run Sugar.
See How to install Sweets on Ubuntu.
How to install a virtual appliance
Install a virtual appliance based on Ubuntu:
- the Ubuntu 11.04 Sweets Distribution Sugar 0.94 virtual appliance,
- a tutorial on How to Import a virtual Appliance into VirtualBox.
There are other virtual appliances based on other distributions, which can be imported into virtualisation software on Ubuntu.
- see Emulator image files.
How to install Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.10
There are many problems with Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu, many of which have been fixed in a later version, so we recommend the Sweets or virtual appliance methods instead.
To install Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.10:
- click on Ubuntu Software Centre,
- search for Sugar,
- click on sugar-emulator-0.90,
- click on Install,
Sugar will be downloaded and installed.
To start Sugar, click on Dash, then search for Sugar.
How to install Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.04
There are many problems with Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu, many of which have been fixed in a later version, so we recommend the Sweets or virtual appliance methods instead.
To install Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.04:
- click on Applications, then Ubuntu Software Centre,
- search for Sugar,
- click on Install,
Sugar will be downloaded and installed.
To start Sugar, click on Applications, then Education, then Sugar.