Ubuntu

Ubuntu and ubuntu-based distributions

It is Recommended you use Trisquel as a replacement for your Ubuntu install:

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

For Sugar only look at Trisquel Toast

Click this link ^

Sugar Desktop 0.94 on Ubuntu 11.04

Look at sweets-distribution

Click this link ^

Sweets Distribution is easier to use for Ubuntu' and its Derivatives (Adding an additional Repository via apt commands) as the packages are pre-configured, ready to use.)

(Advanced installation skills required.)

Has Dextrose features

Installation Suggestions

Install Ubuntu 11.04
Log in to "Gnome-classic" (select it from the drop-down menu on the bottom bar of the login screen.)
copy-paste these commands to Ubuntu terminal one line at a time:

sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.94/Ubuntu-11.04/ ./'
wget -qO- http://download.sugarlabs.org/packages/SweetsDistribution:/0.94/Ubuntu-11.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sweets-distribution

The main menu will now have Education/Sugar
Congratulations you have now installed sugar 0.94

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.

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

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

Linux Mint

Linux Mint 12 is based on Ubuntu 11.10

Mint web page

Sweets_Distribution

Installs sugar 0.94 with some Dextrose Features on Ubuntu 11.04.
This is alsroot's name for it.

Installs with sweets-distribution will work on Ubuntu also

Links:http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Advanced_Topics#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