Running Linux Applications Under Sugar: Difference between revisions

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To run Linux apps under Sugar (i.e. making them to run in the Sugar interface, without the collaboration and other Sugar integration programmed into them), read these instructions.

~~Someone~~ named CatMoran created a script that automates most of the steps of Sugar Coating Linux applications to run under Sugar.

A woman named CatMoran created a script that automates most of the steps of Sugar Coating Linux applications to run under Sugar.

*~~They confirm it works for~~ Firefox, ~~but can't vouch for any~~ other ~~program~~.

*The process has be confirmed to work with Firefox, Seamonkey, Midnight Commander and Totem.It it presumed to work with many other Linux programs.

*It ~~does not work for mc. It also~~ doesn't work for roto's current mplayer configuration, because only programs that use the same command every time (ie, no input file name, in this case) can be set up to run this way.

*It doesn't work for roto's current mplayer configuration, because only programs that use the same command every time (ie, no input file name, in this case) can be set up to run this way.

===To setup (one time):===

<ol>

Start a Terminal activity. Enter the following commands. ~~(They log you in as root, gets a copy of Albert Cahalan's compiled libsugarize file, and gets the script I created.)~~

<li>Start a Terminal activity.</li>

<li>Enter the following commands.

su

wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/libsugarize.so

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chmod 755 sug

Optional, if you want to use the icons ~~I've already '~~created':

(What do those commands do? They log you in as root, gets a copy of Albert Cahalan's compiled libsugarize file, and gets the script CatMoran created.)

</li>

Optional, if you want to use one of the icons CatMoran created:

wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/plain.svg

wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/ff.svg

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 To run Linux apps under Sugar (i.e. making them to run in the Sugar interface, without the collaboration and other Sugar integration programmed into them), read these instructions.
-Someone named CatMoran created a script that automates most of the steps of Sugar Coating Linux applications to run under Sugar.
+A woman named CatMoran created a script that automates most of the steps of Sugar Coating Linux applications to run under Sugar.
-*They confirm it works for Firefox, but can't vouch for any other program.
+*The process has be confirmed to work with Firefox, Seamonkey, Midnight Commander and Totem.It it presumed to work with many other Linux programs.
-*It does not work for mc. It also doesn't work for roto's current mplayer configuration, because only programs that use the same command every time (ie, no input file name, in this case) can be set up to run this way.
+*It doesn't work for roto's current mplayer configuration, because only programs that use the same command every time (ie, no input file name, in this case) can be set up to run this way.
 ===To setup (one time):===
+<ol>
-Start a Terminal activity. Enter the following commands. (They log you in as root, gets a copy of Albert Cahalan's compiled libsugarize file, and gets the script I created.)
+<li>Start a Terminal activity.</li>
+<li>Enter the following commands.
   su
   wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/libsugarize.so
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   chmod 755 sug
-Optional, if you want to use the icons I've already 'created':
+(What do those commands do? They log you in as root, gets a copy of Albert Cahalan's compiled libsugarize file, and gets the script CatMoran created.)
+</li>
+Optional, if you want to use one of the icons CatMoran created:
   wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/plain.svg
   wget http://www.catmoran.com/olpc/ff.svg