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{{Note/important|Important notes for XO users:|Some XO images might mount {{Code|/var/cache/yum}} to the tmpfs. With this limited cache capacity, it will be mostly impossible to install anything of large size from the Fedora repositories. To work around this limitation, become a {{Code|root}} user and enter the {{Code|umount /var/cache/yum}} command in the Terminal activity or a console. To persist this change for subsequent boots, remove the corresponding line from the {{Code|/etc/fstab}} file.}}
{{Note/important|Important notes for XO users:|Some XO images might mount {{Code|/var/cache/yum}} to the tmpfs. With this limited cache capacity, it will be mostly impossible to install anything of large size from the Fedora repositories. To work around this limitation, become a {{Code|root}} user and enter the {{Code|umount /var/cache/yum}} command in the Terminal activity or a console. To persist this change for subsequent boots, remove the corresponding line from the {{Code|/etc/fstab}} file.}}


Debian and Ubuntu specific instructons:
Debian, Ubuntu (starting from 11.10), Trisquel (starting from 5.5), Mint (starting from 12) specific instructions:
 
sudo apt-get install gnome-packagekit
 
Ubuntu (before 11.10), Trisquel (before 5.5), Mint (before 12) specific instructions:


  sudo apt-get install packagekit-gnome
  sudo apt-get install packagekit-gnome
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After installing PackageKit, you need to restart the DBus system bus. The easiest way is to just restart the machine. If PackageKit was already installed, you need to relogin from X session at least.
After installing PackageKit, you need to restart the DBus system bus. The easiest way is to just restart the machine. If PackageKit was already installed, you need to relogin from X session at least.
See also [[#Supported platforms|Supported platforms]] notes.
===Installation logs & tests===
* [[Talk:Platform_Team/Guide/Sugar_via_Sweets#Installing_sweets-sugar_from_Fedora 16_GNOME 3 Terminal|sweets-sugar 0.88 in Fedora 16 GNOME 3 Desktop]]
* [[Talk:Platform_Team/Guide/Sugar_via_Sweets#Installing_Sugar_via_sweets_-_in_Mint-12|Sugar via sweets - in Mint-12]]
* [[Testing/Reports/Sweets on Debian Wheezy]]
* [[Testing/Reports/Sweets on GNOME Debian Wheezy]]


== What Sugar to launch ==
== What Sugar to launch ==
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  sweets status -R dextrose/sugar
  sweets status -R dextrose/sugar
==[[Talk:Platform_Team/Guide/Sugar_via_Sweets#Installing_sweets-sugar_in_f16_gnome3-shell|Log of Install: sweets-sugar 0.88 in f16 gnome3-shell]]==
 
:click this link ^
== Supported distributions ==
 
The list of GNU/Linux distributions where Sugar sweets has been tested.
 
If there are problems with the following distributions or you need to run Sugar in another distribution, [[#Getting_involved|let us know]]. For new distributions, there are major requirements:
 
* PackageKit needs to be supported;
* Human help is needed to populate appropriate package names databases and for testing new sweets.
 
=== Debian ===
 
* '''Wheezy'''
:* Polkit authentication doesn't work with {{Code|xdm}} display manager, use {{Code|gdm3}}, at least, instead.
:* Suggested dependencies, i.e., {{Code|-S}} sweets command argument, don't work for now.
 
=== Ubuntu ===
 
* Oneiric (11.10)
 
=== Trisquel ===
 
=== Mint ===
 
=== Fedora ===
 
== Getting involved ==
 
{{:Platform_Team/Sweets Distribution/Feedback}}
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