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| {{Note/important|Important notes for XO users:|Some XO images might mount {{Code|/var/cache/yum}} to the tmpfs. With this limited cache capacity, it will be mostly impossible to install anything of large size from the Fedora repositories. To work around this limitation, become a {{Code|root}} user and enter the {{Code|umount /var/cache/yum}} command in the Terminal activity or a console. To persist this change for subsequent boots, remove the corresponding line from the {{Code|/etc/fstab}} file.}} | | {{Note/important|Important notes for XO users:|Some XO images might mount {{Code|/var/cache/yum}} to the tmpfs. With this limited cache capacity, it will be mostly impossible to install anything of large size from the Fedora repositories. To work around this limitation, become a {{Code|root}} user and enter the {{Code|umount /var/cache/yum}} command in the Terminal activity or a console. To persist this change for subsequent boots, remove the corresponding line from the {{Code|/etc/fstab}} file.}} |
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− | Debian and Ubuntu (starting from 11.10) specific instructions: | + | Debian, Ubuntu (starting from 11.10), Trisquel (starting from 5.5), Mint (starting from 12) specific instructions: |
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| sudo apt-get install gnome-packagekit | | sudo apt-get install gnome-packagekit |
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− | Ubuntu (before 11.10) specific instructions: | + | Ubuntu (before 11.10), Trisquel (before 5.5), Mint (before 12) specific instructions: |
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| sudo apt-get install packagekit-gnome | | sudo apt-get install packagekit-gnome |
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| After installing PackageKit, you need to restart the DBus system bus. The easiest way is to just restart the machine. If PackageKit was already installed, you need to relogin from X session at least. | | After installing PackageKit, you need to restart the DBus system bus. The easiest way is to just restart the machine. If PackageKit was already installed, you need to relogin from X session at least. |
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− | ===Installation logs=== | + | See also [[#Supported platforms|Supported platforms]] notes. |
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| + | ===Installation logs & tests=== |
| * [[Talk:Platform_Team/Guide/Sugar_via_Sweets#Installing_sweets-sugar_from_Fedora 16_GNOME 3 Terminal|sweets-sugar 0.88 in Fedora 16 GNOME 3 Desktop]] | | * [[Talk:Platform_Team/Guide/Sugar_via_Sweets#Installing_sweets-sugar_from_Fedora 16_GNOME 3 Terminal|sweets-sugar 0.88 in Fedora 16 GNOME 3 Desktop]] |
| + | * [[Talk:Platform_Team/Guide/Sugar_via_Sweets#Installing_Sugar_via_sweets_-_in_Mint-12|Sugar via sweets - in Mint-12]] |
| + | * [[Testing/Reports/Sweets on Debian Wheezy]] |
| + | * [[Testing/Reports/Sweets on GNOME Debian Wheezy]] |
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| == What Sugar to launch == | | == What Sugar to launch == |
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| sweets status -R dextrose/sugar | | sweets status -R dextrose/sugar |
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| + | == Supported distributions == |
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| + | The list of GNU/Linux distributions where Sugar sweets has been tested. |
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| + | If there are problems with the following distributions or you need to run Sugar in another distribution, [[#Getting_involved|let us know]]. For new distributions, there are major requirements: |
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| + | * PackageKit needs to be supported; |
| + | * Human help is needed to populate appropriate package names databases and for testing new sweets. |
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| + | === Debian === |
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| + | * '''Wheezy''' |
| + | :* Polkit authentication doesn't work with {{Code|xdm}} display manager, use {{Code|gdm3}}, at least, instead. |
| + | :* Suggested dependencies, i.e., {{Code|-S}} sweets command argument, don't work for now. |
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| + | === Ubuntu === |
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| + | * Oneiric (11.10) |
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| + | === Trisquel === |
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| + | === Mint === |
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| + | === Fedora === |
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| + | == Getting involved == |
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| + | {{:Platform_Team/Sweets Distribution/Feedback}} |