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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.

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) ==

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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'''

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sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://debian.jones.dk/ lenny sugar > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sugar.list'

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)

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) ==

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:

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 ==

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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 ==

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 [[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.
-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) ==
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 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'''
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   sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://debian.jones.dk/ lenny sugar > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sugar.list'
   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)
+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) ==
-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:
-  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 ==
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   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 ==