- Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux operating system, with Unity as its default desktop environment. -- wikipedia.org
In relation to Sugar, Ubuntu is a downstream distribution project that can be used to run Sugar.
OLPC Ubuntu Sugar 16.04 Trusty LTS
One Laptop per Child has been curating Sugar 0.109 and Activities on the Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial operating system. This build has entered production, and can be acquired through private negotiation or by ordering laptops from OLPC.
OLPC Ubuntu Sugar 14.04 Trusty LTS
One Laptop per Child was curating Sugar and Activities on the Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty operating system, but support for this version has since ended.
Installing a system
How to install Ubuntu with Sugar 0.106:
- you must already be familiar with how to install Ubuntu, if not, see Download Ubuntu Desktop, and Install Ubuntu Desktop,
- download our installer image (1.2 GB) md5, package list
- boot our image and install in the usual way,
- log out of the Unity desktop, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
Adding to a system
Note: only available for 64-bit systems, check that uname -i shows x86_64.
How to add Sugar 0.107 to an Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty system:
- edit /etc/apt/sources.list to add the OLPC archive,
deb [trusted=yes arch=amd64] http://dev.laptop.org/pub/us trusty main
- update the package lists, and install Sugar,
sudo apt update && sudo apt install olpc-ubuntu-sugar
- log out of the Unity desktop, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
Upgrading a system
How to upgrade to Sugar 0.107 on an existing Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty system with an earlier version of Sugar already installed:
- update the package lists, and apply all pending updates,
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade
- log out, and then log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
See also
Previous releases
See Ubuntu/Previous for how to install older versions of Sugar on older releases of Ubuntu.