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==Compatible Platforms==

Jhbuild is quite demanding with regard to the packages and setup for the host Linux distribution. As a result there are only a few Linux ~~Distributions~~ which are known to work with it.

Jhbuild is quite demanding with regard to the packages and setup for the host Linux distribution. As a result there are only a few Linux distributions which are known to work with it.

~~Distros~~ supported ~~by the development community are Debian unstable, Fedora Rawhide, Fedora 10, and Ubuntu 8.10~~. Other distros which have a recent-enough release (e.g. including the latest stable GNOME release) can be supported if someone is willing to maintain the dependencies for that distro release (in config/sysdeps).

See the distribution specific instructions for information about whether your distribution is currently supported. Other distros which have a recent-enough release (e.g. including the latest stable GNOME release) can be supported if someone is willing to maintain the dependencies for that distro release (in config/sysdeps).

~~''' Note that Debian Unstable and derived distros (e.g. Ubuntu Intrepid) contain a bug in python~~-~~gnome that impedes running jhbuild '''~~

==Check distro-specific instructions==

~~To work around this~~ use ~~chrpath to remove~~ the ~~rpath setting from~~ your ~~system's gconf.so~~:

Many distributions have some quirks that need to be catered for and there are different package managing tools in use, so please check the page for your distribution before proceeding:

~~sudo aptitude install chrpath~~

* [[/Debian]]

~~find~~ /~~usr/lib~~/~~python-support/python-gnome2/python2.5/gtk-2.0 -name "*.so" | sudo xargs chrpath -d~~

* [[/Fedora]]

* [[/Ubuntu]]

==~~Checkout~~ sugar-jhbuild==

==Check out sugar-jhbuild==

In a suitable directory, execute

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Some tips:

* You may have some issues with penguintv on ubuntu, just interrupt the pull with a CTRL+C, open a shell, repeat the command manually, and accept the certificate permanently.

* hulahop stopped building because I had installed a more recent version of xulrunner on my machine. The workaround was to <code>rm -rf ~/sugar-jhbuild/source/hulahop</code> and then run update and build again.

~~==== Debian ====~~

== Run Sugar ==

~~On Debian-based distros, you can use this invocation to install all dependencies automatically:~~

~~./sugar-jhbuild depscheck -s | sudo xargs aptitude -y install~~

~~==== Fedora ====~~

~~Fedora dependencies (to be installed before going through the jhbuild process) are [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_Fedora#Step_1:_Install_the_build_prerequisites listed here].~~

==Run Sugar==

This command launches the Sugar emulator:

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To exit the emulator, press Alt-Q.

== Running multiple instances==

== Running multiple instances ==

To run multiple instances of sugar you can start it in the following way:

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 ==Compatible Platforms==
-Jhbuild is quite demanding with regard to the packages and setup for the host Linux distribution.  As a result there are only a few Linux Distributions which are known to work with it.
+Jhbuild is quite demanding with regard to the packages and setup for the host Linux distribution. As a result there are only a few Linux distributions which are known to work with it.
-Distros supported by the development community are Debian unstable, Fedora Rawhide, Fedora 10, and Ubuntu 8.10. Other distros which have a recent-enough release (e.g. including the latest stable GNOME release) can be supported if someone is willing to maintain the dependencies for that distro release (in config/sysdeps).
+See the distribution specific instructions for information about whether your distribution is currently supported. Other distros which have a recent-enough release (e.g. including the latest stable GNOME release) can be supported if someone is willing to maintain the dependencies for that distro release (in config/sysdeps).
-''' Note that Debian Unstable and derived distros (e.g. Ubuntu Intrepid) contain a bug  in python-gnome that impedes running jhbuild '''
+==Check distro-specific instructions==
-To work around this use chrpath to remove the rpath setting from your system's gconf.so:
+Many distributions have some quirks that need to be catered for and there are different package managing tools in use, so please check the page for your distribution before proceeding:
-  sudo aptitude install chrpath
+* [[/Debian]]
-  find /usr/lib/python-support/python-gnome2/python2.5/gtk-2.0 -name "*.so" | sudo xargs chrpath -d
+* [[/Fedora]]
+* [[/Ubuntu]]
-==Checkout sugar-jhbuild==
+==Check out sugar-jhbuild==
 In a suitable directory, execute
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 Some tips:
-* You may have some issues with penguintv on ubuntu, just interrupt the pull with a CTRL+C, open a shell, repeat the command manually, and accept the certificate permanently.
 * hulahop stopped building because I had installed a more recent version of xulrunner on my machine. The workaround was to <code>rm -rf ~/sugar-jhbuild/source/hulahop</code> and then run update and build again.
-==== Debian ====
+== Run Sugar ==
-On Debian-based distros, you can use this invocation to install all dependencies automatically:
- ./sugar-jhbuild depscheck -s | sudo xargs aptitude -y install
-==== Fedora ====
-Fedora dependencies (to be installed before going through the jhbuild process) are [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sugar_on_Fedora#Step_1:_Install_the_build_prerequisites listed here].
-==Run Sugar==
 This command launches the Sugar emulator:
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 To exit the emulator, press Alt-Q.
-== Running multiple instances==
+== Running multiple instances ==
 To run multiple instances of sugar you can start it in the following way: