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You have an Ubuntu system and you wish to try Sugar?
You have an Ubuntu system and you wish to try Sugar?
As of 2012-02, Ubuntu does not have a stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories. Until this is fixed, your choices are:
==Installation==
* use [[Community/Distributions/Sweets_Distribution|Sweets]] on Ubuntu, (recommended for Ubuntu 11.04),
* use a virtual appliance, (compatible with any version of Ubuntu),
As of 2012-02, Ubuntu does not have a stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories.
* use the unstable version 0.90 of Sugar, from the Ubuntu repositories, (compatible with any version of Ubuntu),
Until this is fixed, may either:
* use [[Community/Distributions/Sweets_Distribution|Sweets]] on Ubuntu, recommended for Ubuntu 11.04, see [#How|below],
* use a virtual appliance, compatible with any version of Ubuntu, see [#How|below],
* use the unstable version 0.90 of Sugar, from the Ubuntu repositories, compatible with any version of Ubuntu, see [#How|below], or
* install from Sugar source.
* install from Sugar source.
==How to install Sweets on Ubuntu==
===How to install Sweets on Ubuntu===
Install packages on an Ubuntu system so that you may run Sugar. See [[Community/Distributions/Sweets#Ubuntu_and_its_derivates|How to install Sweets on Ubuntu]].
Install packages on an Ubuntu system so that you may run Sugar. See [[Community/Distributions/Sweets#Ubuntu_and_its_derivates|How to install Sweets on Ubuntu]].
==How to install a virtual appliance ==
===How to install a virtual appliance===
For a virtual appliance based on Ubuntu, see [[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Ubuntu_11.04_sweets-distribution_sugar_0.94|How to install an Ubuntu 11.04 Sweets Distribution Sugar 0.94 virtual appliance]].
For a virtual appliance based on Ubuntu, see [[Sugar_Creation_Kit#Ubuntu_11.04_sweets-distribution_sugar_0.94|How to install an Ubuntu 11.04 Sweets Distribution Sugar 0.94 virtual appliance]].
There are other virtual appliances based on other distributions, which can be imported into virtualisation software on Ubuntu. See [[Emulator_image_files|Emulator image files]].
There are other virtual appliances based on other distributions, which can be imported into virtualisation software on Ubuntu. See [[Emulator_image_files|Emulator image files]].
==How to install Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.10==
===How to install Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.10===
*click on Ubuntu Software Centre,
*click on Ubuntu Software Centre,