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Line 1: − <noinclude>[[Category:Supported systems]]</noinclude>+ − <span class="linkgroup weblink">[[File:Ubuntu-small.jpg|link=http://www.ubuntu.com/]]</span> − − You have an Ubuntu system and you wish to try Sugar? − There are now 2 versions to use: − ==Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS - Dextrose Sugar Live== − :NEW 07/19/2013 − *'''Sugar 0.98.7''' − − :Initial HD or VirtualBox install runs Full Screen Sugar. − [[File:Sugar_dextrose.png|300px]][[File:Dextrose-background-reg.png|300px]] − *Boot Screen − *Background set - Register selected − [[File:Dextrose-4.png|300px]] [[File:Dextrose-3.png|300px]] − *Dextrose running in KDE Ubuntu 12.04.2 − *Note KDE has to be installed after sugar is installed to get to this view. − ===Download=== − *''' http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/ubuntu_12.04-20130712_i686.iso ''' − ===Install to Hard Disk=== − #Ubuntu Startup-disk-creator will create a USB installer − #Boot from Live DVD − * "Username is "ubuntu", with empty password." − :Either method will run as a live CD or Install to Hard Disk − ::Note: Choose lightdm as desktop manager − − ===Install KDE=== − *Sugar terminal: − sudo su − password − apt-get install synaptic − synaptic − *Choose KDE Desktop − :Apply − *To switch desktops log out/log in and select desired Desktop Environment (Sugar or KDE) − − − From Lists: support-gang@laptop.org 07/15/2013 − − I just wanted to give everyone a heads about something coming down the pipe:) − On of the primary frustrations that I have been hearing from the − community is their inability to easily get hardware for their − deployments. − In response, we have released of an iso running Sugar on Ubuntu at − http://ubuntu.activitycentral.com/makeiso/iso/ubuntu_12.04-20130712_i686.iso − * Username is "ubuntu", with empty password. − As alway, AC's code is 100% free and open source. − − ===What's new=== − * Tuned up python-dbus clears the last bug that made most activities − fail to start. − * Logs in into Sugar automatically. − * Most activities work (some will need some work, but it should not be − caused by problems in Sugar dependencies anymore, but things specific − to the activity). To be precise they start, didn't test them in deeply − Didn't test collaboration yet. − * General polish to make it look closer to a final product. − ===What fails=== − * Some quirks with the tamtam activities as usual, probably already − fixed in newer bundles. − * Write does not work as the gtk3 version of pyabiword or the gtk2 − version of libabiword are not available in Ubuntu, so both gtk2 and − gtk3 versions of the activity are missing half of the dependencies. − * Etoys and Scratch fail, probably because squeak-vm is not the proper − version, so I'll be packaging that later as well. − * The keyboard and network sections of the CP fail, the code makes − some assumptions about being run in a xo or under fedora, resulting in − unhandled exceptions. − * Sometimes activities may fail to start if you open them right after − logging in, because something with dbus is not yet fully running. − − David Farning − Activity Central: http://www.activitycentral.com − -- − From IRC 07/19/2013: − "We are interested in creating a community around the project which AC supports but does not control...." − "We are trying to create a community like XSCE to support sugar on ubuntu." − :Discussions on #schoolserver / freenode IRC − − ==Sweets Distribution== − *'''Sugar 0.94''' − − As of 2012-03, Ubuntu does not have a complete, stable version of Sugar in the Ubuntu repositories. In particular, there is no compatible web browser. − − Until this is fixed, try one of these options: − * use [[Sweets_Distribution|Sweets]] on Ubuntu, see [[#How_to_install_Sweets_on_Ubuntu|below]], − * use a virtual appliance, compatible with any version of Ubuntu, see [[#How_to_install_a_virtual_appliance|below]], − * use the incomplete version that Ubuntu provide, see the last section below, or − * install from Sugar source. − − {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" class="wikitable" − ! your ubuntu release − ! your best options for trying Sugar − |- − | Ubuntu 12.10 − | [[#How_to_install_Sweets_on_Ubuntu|use Sweets Distribution]] or [[#How_to_install_a_virtual_appliance|use a virtual appliance]] − |- − | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS − | [[#How_to_install_Sweets_on_Ubuntu|use Sweets Distribution]] or [[#How_to_install_a_virtual_appliance|use a virtual appliance]] − |- − | Ubuntu 11.10 − | [[#How_to_install_Sweets_on_Ubuntu|use Sweets Distribution]] or [[#How_to_install_a_virtual_appliance|use a virtual appliance]] − |- − | Ubuntu 11.04 − | [[#How_to_install_Sweets_on_Ubuntu|use Sweets Distribution]] or [[#How_to_install_a_virtual_appliance|use a virtual appliance]] − |- − | Ubuntu 10.10 − | [[#How_to_install_Sweets_on_Ubuntu|use Sweets Distribution]] or [[#How_to_install_a_virtual_appliance|use a virtual appliance]] − |- − | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS − | [[#How_to_install_Sweets_on_Ubuntu|use Sweets Distribution]] or [[#How_to_install_a_virtual_appliance|use a virtual appliance]] − |} − − ===How to install Sweets on Ubuntu=== − − Install packages on an Ubuntu system so that you may run Sugar. − − See [[Sweets Distribution#Installation|How to install Sweets Distribution]]. − − ===How to install a virtual appliance=== − − Install a virtual appliance based on Ubuntu: − − *the [[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Sugar-in-Virtualization#Ubuntu_11.04_Sweets_Distribution_sugar_0.94|Ubuntu 11.04 Sweets Distribution Sugar 0.94 virtual appliance]], − *a tutorial on [[Tutorials/Installation/Import a VirtualBox appliance|How to import a virtual appliance into VirtualBox]]. − − There are other virtual appliances based on other distributions, which can be imported into virtualization software on Ubuntu. − − *see [[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Sugar-in-Virtualization|Emulator image files]]. − − ==How to install '''Sugar 0.90''' on Ubuntu == − *'''NOT Recommended''' − − There are many problems with Sugar on Ubuntu (see [[/0.90|a list for 0.90]]), many of which have been fixed in a later version of Sugar, so we recommend the [[#How_to_install_Sweets_on_Ubuntu|Sweets]] or [[#How_to_install_a_virtual_appliance|virtual appliance]] methods above instead. − − In particular, there is no compatible web browser included, though there is a [[/0.90#Problem:_Browse_activity_does_not_work|workaround]]. − − However, if you wish to to install Sugar on Ubuntu: − − *click on Ubuntu Software Center, − *search for Sugar, − *click on sugar-emulator or sugar, − *click on Install, − *if asked about other required applications, click to install. − − Sugar will be downloaded and installed. − − To start Sugar, click on Applications, then Education, then Sugar. − − See [[Emulator/Full Screen|how to create a desktop icon that runs Sugar full screen]]. − − See [[Ubuntu/Previous]] for how to install older versions of Sugar on older versions of Ubuntu using Ubuntu Software Center. − − ===sweets-sugar 0.94 works in Ubuntu 12.10 (unity and [http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/1246 '''cinnamon'''])=== − [[File:Sweets-sugar_in_12.10.png|300px]][[File:Sweets-sugar-cinnamon-12.10.png|400px]]
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