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typing:
typing:


./xo-get.py list
./xo-get.py list


Install activities by typing:
Install activities by typing:


./xo-get.py install <activity-name>
./xo-get.py install <activity-name>


e.g.,
e.g.,


./xo-get.py install simcity
./xo-get.py install simcity


or
or


./xo-get.py install /media/<USB stick name>/simcity.xo
./xo-get.py install /media/<USB stick name>/simcity.xo


(B) You can also install pre-bundled activities from the Terminal
(B) You can also install pre-bundled activities from the Terminal
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http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Browse#Install_an_activity for details):
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Browse#Install_an_activity for details):


a. open the Browse Activity
:a. open the Browse Activity
b. point it to an activity bundle, e.g.,
:b. point it to an activity bundle, e.g., http://web.media.mit.edu/~jmaloney/scratch-xo/Scratch-5.xo or file:///media/<USB stick name>/Scratch-5.xo
http://web.media.mit.edu/~jmaloney/scratch-xo/Scratch-5.xo or
:c. When the download is complete, a journal entry will have been created. "Resume" the activity from the journal. Hence forth, it will appear in the list of installed activities.
file:///media/<USB stick name>/Scratch-5.xo
c. When the download is complete, a journal entry will have been
created. "Resume" the activity from the journal. Hence forth, it will
appear in the list of installed activities.


7. SocialCalc: Dan Bricklin has been hard at work on the base
7. SocialCalc: Dan Bricklin has been hard at work on the base
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(#7140), gcompris (#7138), paint (#7139), turtle art (#6836), and
(#7140), gcompris (#7138), paint (#7139), turtle art (#6836), and
wikibrowse.
wikibrowse.


=== Sugar Labs ===
=== Sugar Labs ===