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+= Step 3: Prepare the Sugar package =
+Sugar applications need a specific packaging. We will build this in the workshop below. Note than the resulting files could be find in the "/home/user/LabSource/lab1/step3" directory.
+''See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_bundles  for more information on Sugar package.''
+* Using the Terminal window, create a directory  "LabActivity.activity" in "/home/user/LabActivity" using "mkdir LabActivity.activity"
+* In this new directory, create a subdirectory named "activity" using "mkdir LabActivity.activity/activity"
+* In this new directory, create a subdirectory named "bin" using "mkdir LabActivity.activity/bin"
+* Change path to the "LabActivity.activity/activity" directory using "cd LabActivity.activity/activity"
+We will now create a new icon for the activity. In Sugar, all icons are SVG files. A SVG file is a vector graphic image described as a XML file.
+''See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Making_Sugar_Icons  for more information on Sugar icons.''
+* Using "vi" or "MonoDevelop" create a new file "activity-labactivity.svg".
+* Fill the file with the content:
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+ <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd" [
+     <!ENTITY stroke_color "#666666">
+     <!ENTITY fill_color "#FFFFFF">
+ ]>
+ <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="55" height="55">
+     <rect x="5" y="5" width="45" height="45" stroke="&stroke_color;" fill="&fill_color;" stroke- width="3.5"/>
+ </svg>
+We will now create un file "activity.info" to describe the activity:
+* Using "vi" or "MonoDevelop" create a new file "activity.info".
+* Fill the file with the content:
+ [Activity]
+ name = LabActivity
+ activity_version = 1
+ host_version = 1
+ service_name = org.olpcfrance.LabActivity
+ icon = activity-labactivity
+ exec = labactivity-activity
+ mime_types =
+We will now create a MANIFEST. The MANIFEST contain the list of all files in the package. The MANIFEST file is locat at the root of the "LabActivity.activity" directory.
+* Using "vi" or "MonoDevelop" create a new file "MANIFEST".
+* Fill the file with the content:
+ activity/activity-labactivity.svg
+ activity/activity.info
+ bin/libgdksharpglue-2.so
+ bin/libgladesharpglue-2.so
+ bin/libglibsharpglue-2.so
+ bin/libgtksharpglue-2.so
+ bin/libMonoPosixHelper.so
+ bin/libpangosharpglue-2.so
+ bin/labactivity-activity
+ bin/labactivity.exe
+ bin/uiX11Util.so
+We will now prepare the directory which hold the binaries. This directory will contain: the binary file resulting from the build process, the shared libraries needed and a script.
+Let's copy first all the shared libraries needed. There are the same libraries used previously:
+* Change path to the "bin" directory using "cd bin"
+* Copy in this directory all the shared libraries (.so) found in the "/home/user/Prerequisites" directory. For example with the command "cp /home/user/Prerequisites/*.so .":
+** libgdksharpglue-2.so
+** libgladesharpglue-2.so
+** libglibsharpglue-2.so
+** libgtksharpglue-2.so
+** libMonoPosixHelper.so
+** libpangosharpglue-2.so
+** uiX11Util.so
+Let's now create the script file.
+* Using "vi" or "MonoDevelop" create a new file "labactivity-activity".
+Fill the file with the content:
+ #!/bin/sh
+ # Author: Lionel Laské
+ # Original Author: Torello Querci - Bert Freudenberg
+ # Purpose: Run mono binary application.
+ #
+ echo "$0" "$@"
+ echo
+ # arguments are unordered, have to loop
+ args=""
+ while [ -n "$2" ] ; do
+     case "$1" in
+         -b | --bundle-id)   bundle_id="$2"   ; args="$args BUNDLE_ID $2" ;;
+         -a | --activity-id) activity_id="$2" ; args="$args ACTIVITY_ID $2";;
+         -o | --object-id)   object_id="$2"   ; args="$args OBJECT_ID $2";;
+         -u | --uri)         uri="$2"         ; args="$args URI $2";;
+         *) echo unknown argument $1 $2 ;;
+     esac
+     shift;shift
+ done
+ # really need bundle id and activity id
+ if [ -z "$bundle_id" -o -z "$activity_id" ] ; then
+   echo ERROR: bundle-id and activity-id arguments required
+   echo Aborting
+   exit 1
+ fi
+ # some debug output
+ echo launching $bundle_id instance $activity_id
+ [ -n "$object_id"   ] && echo with journal obj $object_id
+ [ -n "$uri"         ] && echo loading uri $uri
+ echo
+ # sanitize
+ [ -z "$SUGAR_PROFILE" ] && SUGAR_PROFILE=default
+ [ -z "$SUGAR_ACTIVITY_ROOT" ] && SUGAR_ACTIVITY_ROOT="$HOME/.sugar/$SUGAR_PROFILE/etoys"
+ export SUGAR_BUNDLE_PATH=`dirname $0`
+ export PATH=$SUGAR_BUNDLE_PATH:$PATH
+ cd $SUGAR_BUNDLE_PATH/..
+ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$SUGAR_BUNDLE_PATH:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ # Try to setup the SHARED_DIR
+ export MONO_SHARED_DIR=$TMPDIR
+ # now run the mono application
+ if [ -z "$object_id" ] ; then
+   exec labactivity.exe \
+       -sugarBundleId $bundle_id \
+       -sugarActivityId $activity_id \
+       $args < /dev/null > /dev/null
+ else
+   exec labactivity.exe \
+       -sugarBundleId $bundle_id \
+       -sugarActivityId $activity_id \
+       -objectId $object_id \
+       $args < /dev/null > /dev/null
+ fi
+At the end of this step, your "/home/user/LabActivity/LabActivity.activity" directory should look like this :
+ user@ubuntu:~/LabActivity/LabActivity.activity$ ls -R
+ .:
+ activity  bin  MANIFEST
+ ./activity:
+ activity.info  activity-labactivity.svg
+ ./bin:
+ labactivity-activity    libglibsharpglue-2.so  libpangosharpglue-2.so
+ libgdksharpglue-2.so    libgtksharpglue-2.so   uiX11Util.so
+ libgladesharpglue-2.so  libMonoPosixHelper.so
+= Step 4: Build the Sugar package =
+We will now create the package for our activity. For this, we're going to use a script named "deploy".
+* In the Terminal window, change path to the activity directory using command "cd /home/user/LabActivity"
+* Copy the file "/home/user/Prerequisites/deploy" using "cp /home/user/Prerequisites/deploy .".
+* Using "vi" or "MonoDevelop" create a new file, edit the file "deploy" to update variables ACTNAME and  ACTLOWNAME at the begining of the file:
+ # Variable init
+ ACTNAME=LabActivity
+ ACTLOWNAME=labactivity
+ ACTVERSION=1
+ USERHOME=/home/user
+ HOSTDIR=/mnt/hgfs/D
+ # Change config to Mono GAC to use local path
+ echo Local config DLL
+ sudo cp /usr/lib/mono/gac/gtk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/local.config /usr/lib/mono/gac/gtk- sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/gtk-sharp.dll.config
+ sudo cp /usr/lib/mono/gac/glib-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/local.config /usr/lib/mono/gac/glib-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/glib-sharp.dll.config
+ sudo cp /usr/lib/mono/gac/gdk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/local.config /usr/lib/mono/gac/gdk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/gdk-sharp.dll.config
+ sudo cp /usr/lib/mono/gac/pango-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/local.config /usr/lib/mono/gac/pango-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/pango-sharp.dll.config
+ sudo cp /usr/lib/mono/gac/atk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/local.config /usr/lib/mono/gac/atk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/atk-sharp.dll.config
+ # Build the bundle
+ cd ${USERHOME}/${ACTNAME}/bin/Debug
+ echo Making bundle...
+ mkbundle2 --config /etc/mono/config --deps --static -o ${ACTLOWNAME}.exe ${ACTNAME}.exe Sugar.dll
+ echo Copying to template...
+ cp ${ACTLOWNAME}.exe ${USERHOME}/${ACTNAME}/${ACTNAME}.activity/bin
+ # Copy activity to local Sugar emulation
+ if [ -e "${USERHOME}/Activities/${ACTNAME}.activity" ] ; then
+   echo Copying to local Sugar...
+   rm -r ${USERHOME}/Activities/${ACTNAME}.activity
+   cp -r ${USERHOME}/${ACTNAME}/${ACTNAME}.activity ${USERHOME}/Activities
+ fi
+ # Create a .XO package
+ echo Create a .XO
+ cd ${USERHOME}/${ACTNAME}
+ zip -r ${ACTNAME}.activity/* ${ACTNAME}.activity/activity/activity.info  ${ACTNAME}.activity/activity/activity-${ACTLOWNAME}.svg ${ACTNAME}.activity/MANIFEST
+ mv ${ACTNAME}.activity/*.zip ${USERHOME}/${ACTNAME}/${ACTNAME}-${ACTVERSION}.xo
+ # Copy .XO to VM host
+ echo Copy .XO to host
+ cp ${USERHOME}/${ACTNAME}/${ACTNAME}-${ACTVERSION}.xo ${HOSTDIR}
+ # Change config to Mono GAC to use global path
+ echo Global config DLL
+ sudo cp /usr/lib/mono/gac/gtk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/global.config /usr/lib/mono/gac/gtk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/gtk-sharp.dll.config
+ sudo cp /usr/lib/mono/gac/glib-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/global.config /usr/lib/mono/gac/glib-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/glib-sharp.dll.config
+ sudo cp /usr/lib/mono/gac/gdk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/global.config /usr/lib/mono/gac/gdk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/gdk-sharp.dll.config
+ sudo cp /usr/lib/mono/gac/pango-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/global.config /usr/lib/mono/gac/pango-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/pango-sharp.dll.config
+ sudo cp /usr/lib/mono/gac/atk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/global.config /usr/lib/mono/gac/atk-sharp/2.12.0.0__35e10195dab3c99f/atk-sharp.dll.config
+Note that this file could be retrieve in the "/home/user/LabSource/lab1/step4" directory.
+* Launch now this script using "./deploy". If a password is asked, type "user".
+* At the end of the script, the directory should contain a file named "LabActivity-1.xo"
+= Step 5: Deploy and test the activity in Sugar Emulator =
+* Launch the sugar emulator using the desktop shortcut or using command "sugar-emulator"
+[[Image:Lab1_4.png|150px]]
+* Once in Sugar, launch the "Terminal" activity
+* Change path to the directory containing the ".xo" file using "cd LabActivity"
+* Install the new activity using command "sugar-install-bundle LabActivity-1.xo". The install process should end by a "'LabActivity-1.xo' installed" message.
+* Launch activity using command "sugar-launch LabActivity", you should obtain:
+[[Image:Lab1_5.png|700px]]
+You could also run the activity from the Sugar circle by a click on the square icon (don't forget to add LabActivity in your favorite view).
+[[Image:Lab1_6.png|700px]]
+= Step 6: Deploy and test the activity on a XO =
+* To deploy the activity on a XO, just copy the "LabActivity-1.xo" file on a USB key. Then, launch the file from the Journal activity.

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