Ubuntu

Summary

You have an Ubuntu system and you wish to try Sugar?

As of 2012-02, Ubuntu does not have a stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories. Until this is fixed, your choices are:

• use the unstable version 0.90 of Sugar, using the Ubuntu repositories,
• use Sweets on Ubuntu,
• switch to the Trisquel distribution,
• switch to some other distribution,
• use a virtual appliance, or;
• install from Sugar source.

Introduction

We provide two kinds of information in this page.

1. Existing Ubuntu-based Sugar Spins. A Sugar Spin is a Linux distribution which uses Sugar as its default desktop environment.
2. How to install Sugar for your Ubuntu desktop. It is dependent on your Ubuntu's release version and the Sugar version you are going to install.

Ubuntu-based Sugar Spins

Ubuntu Sugar Remix

Ubuntu has not updated their repositories for sugar since version 0.90 when the Ubuntu Sugar Remix Team stopped work.

http://people.sugarlabs.org/dfarning/

• Archive of discontinued project to add Sugar to Ubuntu
• These do not work very well. Not Recommended

To get sugar to run full screen

• Menu:

Applications/Education/Sugar

Right click on sugar XO

"Add this launcher to the desktop" - chose this option

• right click on the XO that is now on the desktop

"Properties"

Command: sweets-sugar-emulator -f - Add the -f for full screen (Close)

• Now when you click the XO sugar will start full screen and not in a window.

VirtualBox Appliance to import

• http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Ubuntu_11.04_sweets-distribution_sugar_0.94

This is exactly the same as achieved with the Installation Suggestions above

Sugar Desktop 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.10

NOTE: This version uses previous Sugar release. Collaboration is broken

• Sugar 0.90 is NOT RECOMMENDED.
• Install sucrose-0.90

sudo apt-get install sucrose-0.90

Only comes with pippy and turtleart. You can download more Activities from [activites.sugarlabs.org ] from outside of Sugar and install each .xo bundle individually in a terminal with:

sugar-install-bundle activity.xo

To run Sugar fullscreen:

• Go to the menu Applications->Education->sugar
• Drag and drop the Sugar icon to the desktop
• Right-click on Sugar icon and choose Properties
• Change the command to:

 sugar-emulator -f

If you need to turn off screensaver and power management:

xset s off
xset -dpms

Sugar Desktop 0.90 on edubuntu 11.10

Sugar 0.90 is NOT RECOMMENDED

Note: classic gnome fallback is available on install

• Install sucrose-0.90

sudo apt-get install sucrose-0.90

Only comes with pippy and turtleart. To get more activities you can:

Download [the Surf activity ] and put it in a USB key. Within Sugar, copy the bundle to the Journal to install it. Start Surf and point it to [activites.sugarlabs.org ] to get other activities.

Or you can download from [activites.sugarlabs.org ] from outside Sugar and install each .xo bundle individually in a terminal with:

sugar-install-bundle activity.xo

To run Sugar fullscreen:

• menu Applications->Education->sugar
• drag and drop Sugar icon to desktop
• right-click on Sugar icon->Properties
• change command to:

 sugar-emulator -f