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* I downloaded Sugar on a Stick and ran it on my computer -- however, the project I'm working with is about the Calculate activity. I found how to download the Calculate activity from your Activities page, however I don't know how to take that downloaded activity and incorporate it into my USB device/environment. So my question is: How can I take a downloaded activity and use it with Sugar on a Stick?
* I downloaded Sugar on a Stick and ran it on my computer -- however, the project I'm working with is about the Calculate activity. I found how to download the Calculate activity from your Activities page, however I don't know how to take that downloaded activity and incorporate it into my USB device/environment. So my question is: How can I take a downloaded activity and use it with Sugar on a Stick?
*: The downloaded activity is contained in the <ActivityName>.xo file that is saved on the computer that did the download. If you have another USB device, copy that file to the root folder, "/", at the base of your USB device. Then boot Sugar on a Stick and go to the Journal. When the second USB device is inserted, it should appear in the bottom bar of the Journal. Clicking on the USB device icon will show its contents. Drag the <ActivityName>.xo file to the Journal icon at the far left of the bottom bar. Then click on the Journal icon and the <ActivityName>.xo entry will display at the top of the Journal. Click the icon for <ActivityName> and it will launch.
*: There are a number of ways to install new Activities into Sugar:
*:# Using the Browse Activity in Sugar, navigate to the '''Sugar Activity Library''' (http://activities.sugarlabs.org), find the Activity you want and click the 'Download Now' button. In Sugar, you should see an alert that counts down the transfer. Once the download is saved, a new alert offers to show the new Activity in your Journal. Clicking the 'Show in Journal' button will take you to a detail view of the <ActivityName>.xo entry. Clicking the icon at the top left of this view will launch the Activity. The Home view favorites and Journal will show the new Activity installed.
*:# If the Activity is downloaded to another computer, the downloaded activity is contained in the <ActivityName>.xo file that is saved on the computer that did the download. If you have another USB device, copy that file to the root folder, "/", at the base of your USB device. Then boot Sugar on a Stick and go to the Journal. When the second USB device is inserted, it should appear in the bottom bar of the Journal. Clicking on the USB device icon will show its contents. Drag the <ActivityName>.xo file to the Journal icon at the far left of the bottom bar. Then click on the Journal icon and the <ActivityName>.xo entry will display at the top of the Journal. Click the icon for <ActivityName> and it will launch.
*:# If the downloaded <ActivityName>.xo file is copied to the SoaS USB device, and that device is booted into Sugar, one may use the Terminal activity to unzip the file into the /home/liveuser/Activities folder using these commands:
*:#: {{Code|cd /home/liveuser/Activities/}}
*:#: {{Code|unzip /mnt/live/<ActivityName>.xo}}
*:#::(The /mnt/live/path-to-.xo may be substituted with an accessible <ActivityName>.xo path.)
*:#: The Activity will appear in the Home view favorites, and after it has been launched, it will appear in the Journal.
* According to this review, [[olpc:Scratch|Scratch]] requires some setup in Terminal:
* According to this review, [[olpc:Scratch|Scratch]] requires some setup in Terminal: