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Line 1: − ==Summary==+ + − 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:+ − * use [[Community/Distributions/Sweets_Distribution|Sweets]] on Ubuntu, − * use a virtual appliance, − * use the unstable version 0.90 of Sugar, using the Ubuntu repositories, − * switch to the [[Community/Distributions/Trisquel|Trisquel distribution]], − * switch to [[Community/Distributions|some other distribution]], or; − * install from Sugar source. − + − This is explained in a section of the Sugar Creation Kit page:+ − *http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Creation_Kit#Ubuntu_11.04_sweets-distribution_sugar_0.94+ − ==How to install Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.10==+ − *click on Ubuntu Software Centre,+ − *search for Sugar, − *click on sugar-emulator-0.90, − *click on Install, − + + − To start Sugar, click on Dash, then search for Sugar.+ − + − *click on Applications, then Ubuntu Software Centre,+ − *search for Sugar, − *click on Install, − Sugar will be downloaded and installed.+ + − To start Sugar, click on Applications, then Education, then Sugar.+ + + − ==Using Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu==+ + − A "Choose password for new keyring" dialog may appear. This can be cancelled.+ − Only the Pippy and TurtleArt activities are included.+ − You can download more activities from Ubuntu. Click on System, then Administration, then Synaptic Package Manager. The packages names all start with sugar- and end with -activity. For example sugar-terminal-activity.+ − You can download more Activities from [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/ activites.sugarlabs.org] from outside of Sugar and install each .xo bundle individually in a terminal with:+ + + − sugar-install-bundle activity.xo+ − Activities that you install in a Sugar Terminal activity are automatically made favourites and will appear in the home view.+ − Activities that you install in GNOME Terminal are not automatically made favourites, and so do not appear in the home view. Use the List View to mark them as favourites.+ + − Browse can be installed, but does not work, because the Sugar Platform is incomplete on this version of Ubuntu; it is missing hulahop.+ − === Full Screen ===+ − By default, Sugar on Ubuntu is run in a window. To run Sugar fullscreen: − *Go to the menu Applications -> Education -> Sugar, − *Drag and drop the Sugar icon to the desktop, − *Right-click on Sugar icon and choose Properties, − *Change the command to: − /usr/bin/sugar-emulator -f − *Use the desktop icon instead of the menu to start Sugar. − + − If you need to turn off screensaver and power management: − xset s off + − xset -dpms+ + + + + + + + +
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<noinclude>[[Category:Supported systems]]</noinclude>
[[File:Ubuntu-small.jpg]]
:''Ubuntu is a [[Debian]]-based Linux operating system, with Unity as its default desktop environment.'' -- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29 wikipedia.org]
In relation to Sugar, Ubuntu is a downstream distribution project that can be used to run Sugar.
==How to install a Sugar virtual appliance ==
==Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic==
Sugar 0.112 will be in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic.
==Ubuntu 17.10 Artful==
Sugar 0.110 is in the archive for Ubuntu 17.10 Artful, and can be installed by typing
sudo apt install sucrose gir1.2-webkit-3.0
Sugar will be downloaded and installed.
* log out,
* log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
Installing the package gir1.2-webkit-3.0 is a workaround for [https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=877812 Debian bug #877812].
==How to install Sugar 0.90 on Ubuntu 11.04==
==Using Sugar inside another desktop environment on Ubuntu==
Sugar is a desktop environment. For developers who use Ubuntu Unity, Gnome or another desktop environment, Sugar can be run inside that environment as a window.
Install the Remote Desktop packages:
sudo apt install xrdp rdesktop
Create a user for Sugar and set a default desktop environment:
sudo adduser sugar
sudo su - sugar -c 'echo sugar >> .xsession'
Start a session:
rdesktop -g 1200x900 -u sugar -p sugar 0
==Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty==
Sugar 0.110 is in the archive for Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty, and can be installed by typing
sudo apt install sucrose
* log out,
* log in with the Sugar desktop selected.
<!-- last tested with Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty daily live image dated 2017-03-21 plus updates on 30th March 2017 -->
==Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS==
Sugar 0.106 is in the archive for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial, and can be installed by typing
sudo apt install sucrose
<!-- last tested with Ubuntu 16.04.1 Xenial) -->
Sugar 0.112 can be installed by careful addition of the Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic packages; temporarily change sources.list, update, and install the Sugar packages again, then restore sources.list.
Organisations that require Ubuntu 16.04 support for Sugar may consider getting involved in the Ubuntu [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates Stable Release Updates] process.
=== Screensaver and Power Management ===
==OLPC Ubuntu Sugar 16.04 Xenial LTS ==
One Laptop per Child has been curating Sugar 0.112 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.
==See also==
* [https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/OLPC Debian Derivatives Census - OLPC]
==Previous releases==
See [[Ubuntu/Previous]] for how to install older versions of Sugar on older releases of Ubuntu.
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