Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. -- debian.org
In relation to Sugar, Debian is a downstream distribution project that can be used to run Sugar.
Sugar 0.112 is available in Debian Buster:
- install Debian Buster in the usual way, see debian.org, and debian-installer,
- when the install has completed, log in, install Sugar, a display manager, and reboot,
sudo apt install sucrose lightdm
exec sudo reboot
- in the graphical login screen, change from the default X session to Sugar,
- log in as the non-root user, which you will have created during install.
Known bugs include;
- Sugar starts in Journal, workaround is to press F3 button, fixed by Metacity 074af8f,
Update activities using My Settings, Software Update. Updated activities as at 2020-03-07 are Calculate, Chat, Image Viewer, Jukebox, Log, Pippy, Terminal, and Write.
Sugar 0.110 is available in Debian Stretch:
- install Debian Stretch in the usual way, see debian.org, and debian-installer,
- when asked mid-way through install what to include, deselect all,
- when the install has completed, log in, install Sugar, a display manager, and reboot,
sudo apt install sucrose lightdm
exec sudo reboot
- in the graphical login screen, change from the default X session to Sugar,
- log in as your non-root user, created during install.
Known bugs include;
- 848841 journal view multiple select does not show actions toolbar,
- Browse busy cursor may get stuck on.
There are pre-built Debian images for Sugar, and the tools available in Debian make this easy for any integration or deployment team. There's no need for us to duplicate documentation here.
See also 0.112#Testing for Sugar Live Build, an image for testing a new release of Sugar, or for certain development tasks.
Packaging of Sugar on Debian is done by a team:
- pkg-sugar-team project,
- pkg-sugar-devel mailing list,
- pkg-sugar git repositories
- package archive of Jonas Smedegaard,
Sucrose packages are usually updated in the unstable release. These packages migrate to the testing release after a while. You can see the current package versions here.
Interested in developing Sugar software? Visit our developer documentation website.
See also local packaging example.
Derivatives of Debian include:
- Sugar page on the Debian Wiki,
- the Debian Edu product Skolelinux.