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Sugar on Ubuntu

  • This is page under construction
None of the solutions are completely satisfactory
It is Recommended to look at Trisquel for a much better solution
(It is also Ubuntu based)

Sugar-desktop 0.88 on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10

  • start System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager
Reload Package Information
search for sugar
(installs sugar 0.88.1 but there is no browse; use firefox.xo) 03/06/2011

Sugar-desktop 0.88 "SWEETS" on Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10

NEW 02/03/2011 alsroot and satellit
  • NOTE: This procedure DOES NOT WORK for x86-64 Ubuntu 10.10
ONLY works for Ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386
  • Browse does not start
To get a working Browser; download surf-115 to a USB
Insert this USB into the computer running sugar and point the sugar cursor ( ==> ) arrow to the journal icon on top frame.
move the cursor to center of sugar and then to left bottom corner USB icon after the frame retracts.
click on the USB icon and Drag-drop with the mouse on the displayed surf-115 to the journal icon in the left bottom corner.
This installs it. This procedure works for a live USB created with Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator or an install to HD or VirtualBox4.0.4 HD


This is Dextrose 2, thus more then just Sugar 0.88. it contains several features that still not committed to the trunk + bug fixes from 0.90+
  • Boot Install and open terminal
sudo su
cd /etc/apt
gedit sources.list (gedit opens)
add these lines to sources.conf:
deb http://bazaar-download.sugarlabs.org/Trisquel%3a/4.0/Ubuntu-10.04 ./
save file
add bazaar gpg key: (in root terminal)
gpg --keyserver keys.sugarlabs.org --recv-keys 75BB5FDF
gpg --armor --export 75BB5FDF | apt-key add -
  • start System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager
Reload Package Information
search for sweets
check "sweets-distribution" in Synaptic
apply

Ubuntu 10.10 for PowerPC

UbuntuSugarRemix

As of December 2009, We started a total refactoring of how Sugar is packaged in Ubuntu.

Please See the Ubuntu Sugar Remix https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar for the latest information.

The Sugar packages for Ubuntu provide a Sugar environment that is easy to install and can be configured as an X session in gdm or run in a window with sugar-emulator.

For some people the emulator mode has a serious bug where modifier keys get stuck. A work around is to disable keyboard repeat.

from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar web page :

Ubuntu Sugar Remix Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat"

Available at gdm login:
Ubuntu Desktop Edition
Ubuntu Sugar Remix Ubuntu maverick (development branch) sugar 0.88.1
Download Ubuntu Sugar Remix CD image
The CD images are available from http://download.sugarlabs.org/usr/
Latest:USR-i386-20100922.iso Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" -09/24/2010
Burn your Ubuntu Sugar Remix CD
After the ISO file has finished downloading, you will have to burn the file to a CD. The ISO file will most likely require a special application to burn. Click the link below to find detailed instructions. How to burn a CD image.
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/VirtualBox
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Emulator_image_files#Other_virtual_machines
Install Ubuntu Sugar Remix
When the CD is ready, simply put it in your CD drive, restart your computer and follow the instructions that will appear on your screen. Don't forget that you can create more copies and pass the CD to as many people as you like.
For netbooks without a CD
Use System/Administration/"USB Startup Disk Creator" in a Ubuntu Desktop to Make an Installer USB. Use this USB to install USR on your netbook.
Boot from Hard Disk
  • Hint; to pull in the latest updates including activities: <ctrl> <alt> f5 will get terminal
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade 
Use this browser Surf-115.xo: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo (sugar-browse does not work)
To install Surf: download Surf-115.xo to a USB (outside of sugar); Start USR Insert this USB and drag-drop it into the USR sugar-journal.
  • Sugar is available as menu item Education/Sugar; but it is not full screen and not all of the Sugar screen is visible.
For Full Screen right click on menu item and save to desktop, then open properties of icon on desktop and change command to "sugar-emulator -f" (full screen option) Start Sugar from this icon...


VirtualBox appliance of UbuntuSugarRemix

  • Prebuilt Virtualbox Appliance of USR-i386-20100922.iso
Links:http://download.sugarlabs.org/usr/ http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Community/Distributions/Ubuntu https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Sugar
download 3 files [1][2][3]
TZ=LA USA USA Keyboard 8GB HD fully updated with
apt-get Updates
apt-get Upgrade
Remixed to add
Surf-115.xo browser
IRC.xo -(edited to log in to #sugar and #ubuntu-sugarteam)
Analyze.xo
Import the 3 files into Virtualbox
User=sugar autologin
Password=sugaruser

Sugar on Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid)

download be sure to Download 10.04 LTS

Install Sugar-desktop 0.90.1 "SWEETS"

  • Boot Install and open terminal
sudo su
cd /etc/apt
gedit sources.list (gedit opens)
add these lines to sources.conf:
deb http://bazaar-download.sugarlabs.org/Platform/Ubuntu-10.04 ./
deb http://bazaar-download.sugarlabs.org/Distribution:/0.90/Ubuntu-10.04 ./
save file
add bazaar gpg key: (in root terminal)
gpg --keyserver keys.sugarlabs.org --recv-keys 75BB5FDF
gpg --armor --export 75BB5FDF | apt-key add -
  • start System/Administration/Synaptic Package Manager
Reload Package Information
search for sweets
check all SWEETS selections in Synaptic
apply
70 packages download (01/05/2011 satellit)

Known Bugs:

  • 1-)
http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2534#comment:1
In f1 neighborhood if you make friend the avitars are repeated so there are 2 of all of them.
Fix is to use Control Panel (Drop Down:My Settings/About Me) to change color of Avitar then restart.
Friend remains but you only have 1 set of Avitars again
  • 2-)
Browse will not start
import hulahop........
ImportError: libxul.so: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory

recommended method to install 10.04 Lucid

DEPRECIATED (01/05/2011 satellit)
Do new install of Ubuntu 9.10
press Alt + F2 and then type "update-manager -d" (without quotes). It will show you that a newversion of Ubuntu is available.
Click on Upgrade to upgrade your current Ubuntu 9.10

Lucid has Sugar 0.88, 0.86, and 0.84 packages synced from Debian.

The current preferred method of running Sugar on Ubuntu is via Ubuntu Sugar Remix which can be downloaded at http://people.sugarlabs.org/dfarning

Packages can also be install via sudo

sudo apt-get install sugar-0.88   <possibly depreciated>

You can also install Ubuntu Sugar remix on a computer running Ubuntu 10.04. from UbuntuSugarRemix wiki: [4]01/28/2010

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sugarteam/ppa
 sudo apt-get upgrade
 sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sugar-remix

Reporting Bugs

Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSugarRemix/Report for information on reporting bugs.

This is likely to be reimplemented as Lucid hits Feature Freeze The Ubuntu Sugar team will do their best to provide fixes for bugs, but it does take time to get an updated package uploaded through Ubuntu's Stable Release Updates process. Where possible we'll suggest a workaround, or provide a fix in the Sugar Team PPA first.

Maple syrup Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Sugar

and many other applications for netbooks
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Sugar and many other applications for netbooks
Mentioned in August 23, 2010 http://planet.sugarlabs.org/

passwords

There are three users - the password for each account is the username.
"student" - most restricted account, no install permissions, no > non-removable disk mounting
"teacher" - no install permissions, access to student files
"netbook" - admin account, with superuser privileges

install

DVD Image: http://people.sugarlabs.org/~it/OLD/maple_syrup-O121_v02_v03.iso
Older Version
Burned .iso to DVD
  • Booted DVD
  • Used Ubuntu USB Startup Disk Creator to install .iso to 8 GB USB device
    logged in as
    User:netbook
    pswd netbook
    system/Main Menu
    Insert USB
    Disk Utility
    format disk fat32
    Startup Disk Creator
    /dev/sro/ Maple-Syrup
    /dev/sda1 7.4 Gb (8Gb hp125 USB)
    Stored in extra space: 4.0GB (Max allowed)
    <Make Startup Disk>

Reboot from USB

Main Menu
properties for sugar changed command to be: "sugar-emulator -f"
started education/sugar
did drag-drop to journal from 2nd usb : http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo
started surf-115 from journal
went to activities (ASLO)
downloaded terminal-31.xo; IRC-5.xo
log off sugar
reboot Maple-Syrup so activities would be in f3 ring.
Logout is O' on top right bar
HINT <alt><F5> to get terminal
Login
sudo su
shutdown -h now

Update

In terminal
sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk  (22 files)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade (213 files)

Added ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sugarteam/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sugar-remix
rebooted maple_syrup

Sugar-0.88 on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic)

NOTE If 0.86 ppa was used before, you'll have to clean it up (unfortunately 0.86 ppa uses epoch versions and couldn't be used with 0.88 one):

sudo apt-get remove `dpkg-query -W -f '${package} ${maintainer}\n' | grep alsroot | awk '{print $1}'`
sudo sed -i '/alsroot.sugar-0.86/d' /etc/apt/sources.list

To install:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alsroot/trisquel-edu-3.5
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sugar-platform

Sugar-0.86 on Ubuntu 9.10 (karmic)

To install:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alsroot/sugar-0.86
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sugar-platform

Sugar-0.86 on Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty)

Before attaching ppa, load gpg key

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv F265806A9BFFF0F4
gpg --export --armor F265806A9BFFF0F4 | sudo apt-key add -

Then attach PPA and install entirely Sugar Platform:

sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alsroot/trisquel-edu-3/ubuntu jaunty main >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sugar-platform


Sugar-0.84 on Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy)

Before attaching ppa, load gpg key

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv F265806A9BFFF0F4
gpg --export --armor F265806A9BFFF0F4 | sudo apt-key add -

Then attach PPA and install entirely Sugar Platform:

sudo sh -c 'echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alsroot/trisquel-edu/ubuntu hardy main >> /etc/apt/sources.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sugar-platform

ejabberd collaboration server on Ubuntu

We use ejabberd for a collaboration server. Ubuntu 8.10 ships with the required patches included in ejabberd, so you can install ejabberd, configure it and have working collaboration within minutes, using these installation instructions: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_ejabberd/deb

For Ubuntu 8.04 you need to build from source: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Installing_ejabberd

Sugar Team

Sugar on Ubuntu is packaged and maintained by the Ubuntu Sugar team[5], who welcome new contributors to test, document, triage, and make packages.

Sugar bug reporting Ubuntu.