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Ubuntu and ubuntu-based distributions

  • It is Recommended you use Trisquel for your Ubuntu install:
Ubuntu has not updated their repositories for sugar since version 0.90 when the Ubuntu Sugar Remix Team stopped work.
Link: Ubuntu Sugar Remix Team:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar (This Project is Dead. Please do not use (Historical Only)
  • See the sections below on Linux Mint to see how to install 0.94.1 sugar on Ubuntu--Satellit 21:34, 20 January 2012 (EST)

Ubuntu-small.jpgSugar Desktop 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.10

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

  • 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


200px-Edubuntu.pngSugar 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

Trisquel logo.png Trisquel

Ubuntu based and works well. Trisquel 4.1 is based on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Trisquel 5, on Ubuntu 11.04.
  • Trisquel is the reason that Sweets-Distribution exists.
alsroot developed it for this Ubuntu based distribution

Mint.png Linux Mint

  • Linux Mint 12 is based on Ubuntu 11.10
All of the details on installs with sweets-distribution will work on Ubuntu also
Mint web page

Sweets_Distribution

Sweets Distribution is easier to use for Ubuntu' and its Derivatives (Adding an additional Repository to synaptic) as the packages are pre-configured, ready to use.)
(Advanced installation skills required.)
Has Dextrose features

Example Install

Mint.png Sugar Desktop 0.94.1 on Mint 11 with sweets-distribution

Sweets

  • This is alsroot's name for it.
(Very Advanced installation skills required.)
Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, openSUSE, and Gentoo
For supported Distributions see: Supported_distributions

Sweets-Getting_Started