[SoaS] Mirabelle on VirtualBox - need Pippy!

[pbrobinson at gmail.com]

The easiest way to get pippy is to install it using

"yum install -y sugar-pippy"

which will install the latest supported version.

Peter

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Thomas C Gilliard
<satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
> Mark;
>
> Here are several ways to get Pippy into Mirabelle:
>
> 1-)In sugar browse:
>  (Download it and it will install automatically )
> http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/downloads/file/27001/pippy-37.xo
> http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/
>
> 2-)Drag-Drop Install;
>  Download the .xo file to a USB stick from here outside of sugar:
>  (Then start sugar and insert the stick.
>  Install it from the 2nd USB stick by dragging it from usb stick to
> journal in left bottom of sugar window)
>  http://download.sugarlabs.org/activities/4041/
>
> A Listing of most available compatible activities is located here:
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Soas_V4/ASLOxo_Activity_Test_Table#Activity_Test_Results
>
>
> You can use a USB stick to transfer files to your MAC HD.
> Drag-drop items from the Journal to an inserted USB and then Insert it
> in the Mac and transfer the files, works both ways.
> (Dragging to a USB does an automatic translation of the journal files to
> ones you can access)
>
> Cordially;
>
> Tom Gilliard
> satellit
> freenode IRC #sugar
>
>
> Mark Hoel wrote:
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> Thank you so much for your work on Mirabelle, especially creating the appliance
>> to upload it onto VirtualBox. I am a teacher of a grade 9 class and I have to
>> get 70 boys to put Sugar on their Macs this September, so you have been a big help.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the students need Pippy and Mirabelle doesn't have it. Also, how
>> can I access my Mac HD from Sugar or a USB drive?
>>
>> Any additional help you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> I am part of this initiative:
>> http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/education/twinning_canadian_and_kenyan_s.html
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Mark Hoel
>> Upper Canada College
>> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>>
>>
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