Raspbian

Raspbian is a derivative of Debian for the Raspberry Pi.

In relation to Sugar, Raspbian is a downstream distribution project that can be used to run Sugar.

Using Sugar 0.110 on Raspbian

To use Sugar in Raspbian is almost the same as using it in Debian:

• install Raspbian Jessie in the usual way,
• change /etc/apt/sources.list to use the Stretch testing release,

sudo sed -i 's/jessie/stretch/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

• update the package lists,

sudo apt update

• upgrade all packages,

sudo apt dist-upgrade,

• install Sugar,

sudo apt install sucrose

• log out,
• log in with the Sugar desktop selected.

Pre-built Images

See Talk:Raspbian.

Using Sugar Activities without Sugar Desktop

Debian packaging of Sugar Activities adds them to the Education menu, so they can be used from desktops other than Sugar.

Using Sugar on a headless Raspberry Pi

You have a Raspberry Pi but you've run out of keyboards, mice, and HDMI displays. Use the 'net.

On the Raspberry Pi:

sudo apt install xrdp
adduser guest
echo sugar >> /home/guest/.xsession

On your other computer:

rdesktop -g 1200x900 -u guest -p guest IP

See Connecting to a remote desktop on the Raspberry Pi.

Turtle Art/Blocks

You can download Activities/Turtle Art and use it on the normal desktop. You can either download it through the package manager (and get version 98):

   sudo apt-get install sugar-turtleart-activity

Turtle art will be added to the Education section of the apps menu.

Or you could get the latest version using git:

   git clone https://github.com/sugarlabs/activity-turtleart-gtk2.git turtleart
   cd turtleart

And use the following to start Turtle Art:

   python turtleblocks.py

NOTE: you may encounter an error related to the summary field in the activity.info. If so, open the activity/activity.info file and move the summary field from the bottom of the file, to being the line below the title field

Sugarizer

Sugarizer is a HTML5 version of Sugar. It has a basic journal and full web activity support.

You can configure Sugarizer to auto-start by setting your ~/.xinitrc to:

   epiphany server.sugarizer.org

(Note: there are a few issues with the browser icons... but sugarizer works well)

Alternatively, you can download the Sugarizer client zip and have it locally on your pi.