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0.84 and 0.86 now packaged!
[[Image:Debian.jpg]]
[[Image:Debian.jpg]]
The Sugar packages for Debian 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.
The Sugar packages for Debian provide a Sugar environment that is easy to install and can be configured as an X11 session in GDM or run in a window with sugar-emulator.
It is a much simpler platform to set up for activity developers than jhbuild, although is not bleeding-edge.
It is a much simpler platform to set up for activity developers than jhbuild, although is not bleeding-edge.
Sugar on Debian is packaged and maintained by the [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/debian-olpc/ Alioth OLPC team], who welcome new contributors to test, document, triage, and make packages.
Sugar on Debian is packaged and maintained by the [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/debian-olpc/ Alioth OLPC team], who welcomes new contributors to test, document, triage, and make packages.
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== Sugar on Debian 5.0 (Lenny) ==
== Sugar on Debian 5.0 (Lenny) ==
Additional Sugar activities can be installed locally from .xo packages. Some activities requiring additional library code (like Read and Write), needs specially crafted .xo packages, however - the standard released ones won't work.
Additional Sugar activities can be installed locally from .xo packages. Some activities requiring additional library code (like Read and Write), needs specially crafted .xo packages, however - the standard released ones won't work.
We do recommend using the version 0.82 packages instead, as mentioned below:
We do recommend using the version 0.84 packages instead, as mentioned below:
=== Sucrose 0.82 ===
=== Sucrose 0.84 ===
'''Up-to-date version, unofficial repository'''
'''Up-to-date version, unofficial repository'''
sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://debian.jones.dk/ lenny sugar > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sugar.list'
sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://debian.jones.dk/ lenny sugar > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sugar.list'
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install sugar
sudo aptitude install sugar-0.84
(above works for i386 and amd64 platforms - please post to debian-olpc-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org if other architectures are wanted)
(above works for i386 and amd64 platforms - please post to debian-olpc-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org if other architectures are wanted)
A development release of the upcoming 0.86 release is available too - just replace the trailing version with 0.86.
== Sugar on Debian unstable (Sid) ==
== Sugar on Debian unstable (Sid) ==
Sid, the never-released development branch of Debian, currently contains Sucrose 0.82 packages.
Sid, the never-released development branch of Debian, currently contains Sucrose 0.84 and 0.86 packages.
Installation instructions:
Installation instructions:
sudo aptitude install sugar
sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://debian.jones.dk/ sid sugar > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sugar.list'
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install sugar-0.84
(adding the unofficial source is needed until metacity is updated - see http://bugs.debian.org/547346 )
A development release of the upcoming 0.86 release is available too - just replace the trailing version with 0.86.
== Usage ==
== Usage ==
SUGAR_LOGGER_LEVEL=debug PRESENCESERVICE_DEBUG=1 sugar-emulator
SUGAR_LOGGER_LEVEL=debug PRESENCESERVICE_DEBUG=1 sugar-emulator
If everything is working fine, you can log into Sugar from the gdm login screen instead of running sugar-emulator.
If everything is working fine, you can log into Sugar from the GDM login screen instead of running sugar-emulator.
== Resources ==
== Resources ==