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Summary

You have an Ubuntu system and you wish to try Sugar?

Installation

As of 2012-03, Ubuntu does not have a complete, stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories. In particular, there is no compatible web browser.

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 one of the many unstable versions, see far 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:

There are other virtual appliances based on other distributions, which can be imported into virtualisation software on Ubuntu.

How to install Sugar on Ubuntu

There are many problems with Sugar on Ubuntu (see a list for 0.90), many of which have been fixed in a later version of Sugar, so we recommend the Sweets or virtual appliance methods above instead.

In particular, there is is /0.90#Problem:_Browse_activity_does_not_work no compatible web browser.

However, if you wish to to install Sugar on Ubuntu:

  • click on Ubuntu Software Center,
  • search for Sugar,
  • click on sugar-emulator or sugar,
  • click on Install,
  • if asked about other required applications, click to install.

Sugar will be downloaded and installed.

To start Sugar, click on Applications, then Education, then Sugar.

See how to create a desktop icon that runs Sugar full screen.

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