Ubuntu

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

Installation

As of 2012-03, Ubuntu does not have a complete, stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories. In particular, there is no compatible web browser.

Until this is fixed, try one of these options:

• use Sweets on Ubuntu, see below,
• use a virtual appliance, compatible with any version of Ubuntu, see below,
• use the incomplete version that Ubuntu provide, see the last section below, or
• install from Sugar source.

your ubuntu release	your best options for trying Sugar
Ubuntu 12.10	use Sweets Distribution or use a virtual appliance
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS	use Sweets Distribution or use a virtual appliance
Ubuntu 11.10	use Sweets Distribution or use a virtual appliance
Ubuntu 11.04	use Sweets Distribution or use a virtual appliance
Ubuntu 10.10	use Sweets Distribution or use a virtual appliance
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS	use Sweets Distribution or use a virtual appliance

How to install Sweets on Ubuntu

Install packages on an Ubuntu system so that you may run Sugar.

See How to install Sweets Distribution.

How to install a virtual appliance

Install a virtual appliance based on Ubuntu:

• the Ubuntu 11.04 Sweets Distribution Sugar 0.94 virtual appliance,
• a tutorial on How to import a virtual appliance into VirtualBox.

There are other virtual appliances based on other distributions, which can be imported into virtualization software on Ubuntu.

• see Emulator image files.

How to install Sugar on Ubuntu

There are many problems with Sugar on Ubuntu (see a list for 0.90), many of which have been fixed in a later version of Sugar, so we recommend the Sweets or virtual appliance methods above instead.

In particular, there is no compatible web browser included, though there is a workaround.

However, if you wish to to install Sugar on Ubuntu:

• click on Ubuntu Software Center,
• search for Sugar,
• click on sugar-emulator or sugar,
• click on Install,
• if asked about other required applications, click to install.

Sugar will be downloaded and installed.

To start Sugar, click on Applications, then Education, then Sugar.

See how to create a desktop icon that runs Sugar full screen.

See Ubuntu/Previous for how to install older versions of Sugar on older versions of Ubuntu using Ubuntu Software Center.

Install the Cinnamon desktop in Ubuntu 12.10

• Here's how you can install the Cinnamon desktop in Ubuntu 12.10. You can use it instead of Unity.

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Type in the following commands then hit Enter after each.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

sweets-sugar 0.94 does work in Ubuntu 12.10 (unity and cinnamon)