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As of 2012-02, Ubuntu does not have a stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories. Until this is fixed, your choices are: | As of 2012-02, Ubuntu does not have a stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories. Until this is fixed, your choices are: | ||
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* use [[Community/Distributions/Sweets_Distribution|Sweets]] on Ubuntu, | * use [[Community/Distributions/Sweets_Distribution|Sweets]] on Ubuntu, | ||
* switch to the [[Community/Distributions/Trisquel|Trisquel distribution]], | * switch to the [[Community/Distributions/Trisquel|Trisquel distribution]], | ||
* switch to [[Community/Distributions|some other distribution]], | * switch to [[Community/Distributions|some other distribution]], | ||
| − | * use a virtual appliance, or; | + | * use a virtual appliance, |
| + | * use the unstable version 0.90 of Sugar, using the Ubuntu repositories, or; | ||
* install from Sugar source. | * install from Sugar source. | ||
| − | == | + | ==How to install a Sugar virtual appliance == |
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| − | + | This is covered in a section of the Sugar Creation Kit page: | |
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*http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Ubuntu_11.04_sweets-distribution_sugar_0.94 | *http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Ubuntu_11.04_sweets-distribution_sugar_0.94 | ||
==How to install Sugar Desktop 0.90 on Ubuntu or Edubuntu 11.10== | ==How to install Sugar Desktop 0.90 on Ubuntu or Edubuntu 11.10== | ||
| − | *Install sucrose-0.90 | + | *Install the sucrose-0.90 package using Ubuntu Software Centre, or by command line: |
| − | sudo | + | sudo aptitude install sucrose-0.90 |
| − | Only comes with | + | Only comes with Pippy and TurtleArt activities. You can download more Activities from [[http://activities.sugarlabs.org/| activites.sugarlabs.org ]] from outside of Sugar and install each .xo bundle individually in a terminal with: |
sugar-install-bundle activity.xo | sugar-install-bundle activity.xo | ||
Revision as of 23:27, 27 February 2012
Summary
You have an Ubuntu system and you wish to try Sugar?
As of 2012-02, Ubuntu does not have a stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories. Until this is fixed, your choices are:
- use Sweets on Ubuntu,
- switch to the Trisquel distribution,
- switch to some other distribution,
- use a virtual appliance,
- use the unstable version 0.90 of Sugar, using the Ubuntu repositories, or;
- install from Sugar source.
How to install a Sugar virtual appliance
This is covered in a section of the Sugar Creation Kit page:
How to install Sugar Desktop 0.90 on Ubuntu or Edubuntu 11.10
- Install the sucrose-0.90 package using Ubuntu Software Centre, or by command line:
sudo aptitude install sucrose-0.90
Only comes with Pippy and TurtleArt activities. You can download more Activities from [activites.sugarlabs.org ] from outside of Sugar and install each .xo bundle individually in a terminal with:
sugar-install-bundle activity.xo
To run Sugar fullscreen:
- Go to the menu Applications->Education->sugar
- Drag and drop the Sugar icon to the desktop
- Right-click on Sugar icon and choose Properties
- Change the command to:
sugar-emulator -f
If you need to turn off screensaver and power management:
xset s off xset -dpms