User:Walter/Get Sugar
Are you new to Sugar?
The easiest way to get started is to use Sugar on a Stick.
MS Windows
(1) Prepare: Download the Fedora Live USB Creator from FedoraHosted | |
(2) Download: Download the Sugar-on-a-Stick iso. | |
(3) Burn: Insert a USB flash drive (or SD Card) with 1 GB or more of free space into your computer and launch Live USB Creator to create a Sugar-on-a-Stick bootable image. | |
(4) Boot: Insert the USB stick into a USB port on your computer. Set the option to "boot from USB" in your computer's BIOS, and then start up the computer. |
Detailed installation instructions for Windows and booting instructions are available. There is also a guide to using Sugar on a Stick.
GNU/Linux
(1) Prepare: Use this script file http://bit.ly/livecd-iso-to-disk to create a bootable image. (Run chmod +x livecd-iso-to-disk.sh after you download the script to make it executable.)
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(2) Download: Download the Sugar-on-a-Stick iso. | |
(3) Burn: Execute, as the root user, in one command with arguments, the following:
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(4) Boot: Insert the USB stick into a USB port on your computer. Set the option to "boot from USB" in your computer's BIOS, and then start up the computer. |
Detailed installation instructions for GNU/Linux and booting instructions are available. There is also a guide to using Sugar on a Stick.
Apple OSX
(1) Prepare: Download Sun Virtual Box | |
(2) Download:Download these 3 files: soas-v3-Mirabelle.mf, soas-v3-Mirabelle.ovf, and soas-v3-Mirabelle.vmdk | |
(3) Launch: Sun Virtualbox | |
(4) Import: soas-v3-Mirabelle.ovf from the Import Appliance option under the File menu. |
See our Mac installation instructions for a list of options.
Advanced users
There are instructions for: customizing Sugar on a Stick; and using VirtualBox and other virtual machines |
Are you a developer or Beta tester?
- Please select your favorite distribution below for instructions on installing Sugar.
Do you have an OLPC XO?
- Developers may experiment with Updating XOs to the latest Sugar on a Stick release.
Are you looking for Sugar Activities?
- Please visit our dedicated Sugar Activity Library.
Are you a systems developer?
- Learn how to get setup on the Supported systems page.
- Here are some additional references you may find useful:
- jhbuild
- Gitorious source code repository
- Virtual machine or emulator image files
- Adding Sugar to your favorite distro...
Are you preparing a deployment without Internet access?
- See Sugar Creation Kit.