Ubuntu

Sugar on Ubuntu

UbuntuSugarRemix

As of December 2009, We started a total refactoring of how Sugar is packaged in Ubuntu.

Please See the Ubuntu Sugar Remix https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar for the latest information.

The Sugar packages for Ubuntu provide a Sugar environment that is easy to install and can be configured as an X session in gdm or run in a window with sugar-emulator.

For some people the emulator mode has a serious bug where modifier keys get stuck. A work around is to disable keyboard repeat.

from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar web page :

Ubuntu Sugar Remix Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat"

Available at gdm login:

Ubuntu Desktop Edition

Ubuntu Sugar Remix Ubuntu maverick (development branch) sugar 0.88.1

Step 1: Download Ubuntu Sugar Remix CD image

The CD images are available from http://download.sugarlabs.org/usr/

Latest:USR-i386-20100922.iso Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" -09/24/2010

Burn your Ubuntu Sugar Remix CD

 After the ISO file has finished downloading, you will have to burn the file to a CD. The ISO file will most likely require a special application to burn. Click the link below to find detailed instructions. How to burn a CD image. 

Install Ubuntu Sugar Remix

When the CD is ready, simply put it in your CD drive, restart your computer and follow the instructions that will appear on your screen. Don't forget that you can create more copies and pass the CD to as many people as you like.

For netbooks without a CD

Use System/Administration/"USB Startup Disk Creator" in a Ubuntu Desktop to Make an Installer USB. Use this USB to install USR on your netbook.

Boot from Hard Disk

• Hint; to pull in the latest updates including activities: <ctrl> <alt> f5 will get terminal

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade 

Use this browser Surf-115.xo: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo (sugar-browse does not work)

To install Surf: download Surf-115.xo to a USB (outside of sugar); Start USR Insert this USB and drag-drop it into the USR sugar-journal.

• Sugar is available as menu item Education/Sugar; but it is not full screen and not all of the Sugar screen is visible.

For Full Screen right click on menu item and save to desktop, then open properties of icon on desktop and change command to "sugar-emulator -f" (full screen option) Start Sugar from this icon...

Sugar on Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid)

recommended method to install 10.04 Lucid:

Do new install of Ubuntu 9.10
press Alt + F2 and then type "update-manager -d" (without quotes). It will show you that a newversion of Ubuntu is available.
Click on Upgrade to upgrade your current Ubuntu 9.10

Lucid has Sugar 0.88, 0.86, and 0.84 packages synced from Debian.

The current preferred method of running Sugar on Ubuntu is via Ubuntu Sugar Remix which can be downloaded at http://people.sugarlabs.org/dfarning

Packages can also be install via sudo

sudo apt-get install sugar-0.88   <possibly depreciated>

You can also install Ubuntu Sugar remix on a computer running Ubuntu 10.04. from UbuntuSugarRemix wiki: [1]01/28/2010

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sugarteam/ppa
 sudo apt-get upgrade
 sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sugar-remix

Reporting Bugs

Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSugarRemix/Report for information on reporting bugs.

This is likely to be reimplemented as Lucid hits Feature Freeze The Ubuntu Sugar team will do their best to provide fixes for bugs, but it does take time to get an updated package uploaded through Ubuntu's Stable Release Updates process. Where possible we'll suggest a workaround, or provide a fix in the Sugar Team PPA first.

Maple-syrup Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Sugar and many other applications for netbooks

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Sugar and many other applications for netbooks (using EeePC1000HE with external USB HD)

Mentioned in August 23, 2010 http://planet.sugarlabs.org/

passwords

• http://itd-usr.blogspot.com/2010/08/hi-guys-im-happy-to-announce-release-of.htmlHi > Sameer,

There are three users - the password for each account is the username.
"student" - most restricted account, no install permissions, no > non-removable disk mounting
"teacher" - no install permissions, access to student files
"netbook" - admin account, with superuser privileges

install

DVD Image: http://people.sugarlabs.org/~it/maple_syrup-O121_v02_v03.iso

Burned .iso to DVD

Booted DVD

Used Ubuntu USB Startup Disk Creator to install .iso to 250 GB external USB HD

Booted 250 GB external USB HD

logged in as netbook pswd netbook

"system/Main Menu"

properties for sugar changed command sugar to be "sugar-emulator -f"

started education/sugar

did drag-drop to journal from 2nd usb : http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo

started surf-115 from journal

went to activities (ASLO)

downloaded terminal-31.xo; IRC-5.xo

logged off sugar

restarted sugar so activities would be in f3 ring.

In terminal

sudo apt-get updates
sudo apt-get upgrade

Added ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sugarteam/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sugar-remix

rebooted maple_syrup

Sugar-0.88 on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic)

NOTE If 0.86 ppa was used before, you'll have to clean it up (unfortunately 0.86 ppa uses epoch versions and couldn't be used with 0.88 one):

sudo apt-get remove `dpkg-query -W -f '${package} ${maintainer}\n' | grep alsroot | awk '{print $1}'`
sudo sed -i '/alsroot.sugar-0.86/d' /etc/apt/sources.list

To install:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alsroot/trisquel-edu-3.5
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sugar-platform

Sugar-0.86 on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic)

To install:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alsroot/sugar-0.86
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sugar-platform

Sugar-0.86 on Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty)

Before attaching ppa, load gpg key

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv F265806A9BFFF0F4
gpg --export --armor F265806A9BFFF0F4 | sudo apt-key add -

Then attach PPA and install entirely Sugar Platform:

sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alsroot/trisquel-edu-3/ubuntu jaunty main >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sugar-platform

Sugar-0.84 on Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy)

Before attaching ppa, load gpg key

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv F265806A9BFFF0F4
gpg --export --armor F265806A9BFFF0F4 | sudo apt-key add -

Then attach PPA and install entirely Sugar Platform:

sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alsroot/trisquel-edu/ubuntu hardy main >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sugar-platform

ejabberd collaboration server on Ubuntu

We use ejabberd for a collaboration server. Ubuntu 8.10 ships with the required patches included in ejabberd, so you can install ejabberd, configure it and have working collaboration within minutes, using these installation instructions: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_ejabberd/deb

For Ubuntu 8.04 you need to build from source: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_ejabberd

Sugar Team

Sugar on Ubuntu is packaged and maintained by the Ubuntu Sugar team[2], who welcome new contributors to test, document, triage, and make packages.

Sugar bug reporting Ubuntu.