[Sugar-devel] Sugar on Debian 10 (Buster)?

[James Cameron]

python-sugar3_0.112-3 has migrated to testing just now.

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 10:56:03AM -0700, Alex Perez wrote:
> Jeff,
> 
> Most, if not all, of the Sugar-specific bugs that are present in Debian
> should be fixed if you use the "0.112-3" (the 3 is critically important)
> Debian packages from the _unstable_ Debian repo. They have not yet been
> promoted to testing, and will likely not be included in Debian 10 when it is
> released, as it is late in the package freeze process.
> 
> So, you have a few options here...the easiest thing to do would be to run an
> entire "unstable" install of Debian, since you will get these packages by
> default, but otherwise, you have to configure Apt with the unstable repo,
> and then use package pinning. This is documented at https://serverfault.com/questions/371383/install-whitelist-of-packages-using-unstable-in-debian.
> 
> See https://packages.debian.org/buster/sucrose for a list of these packages,
> and https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable#Installation can explain how to
> enable the unstable apt repo on a stable or testing install.
> 
> This may also be of use https://serverfault.com/questions/22414/how-can-i-run-debian-stable-but-install-some-packages-from-testing
> 
> 
> Jeff Elkner wrote on 5/15/19 9:54 AM:
> > Great to meet you (virtually), Alex and James.  I'm a high school /
> > community college teacher in Arlington, Virginia who was an early
> > member of the OLPC community here in the DC area.  I run Debian in my
> > classroom and would very much be interested in using the Sugar desktop
> > to work on that platform.  It doesn't currently seem to work.  I don't
> > have the capacity to fix it myself, but I can provide reliable testing
> > and feedback in an educational setting should that be of use to you.
> > I'm hoping to rejoin the Sugar community once it is in a state where
> > it can be used both in my classroom and on Raspberry Pi's.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Jeff Elkner
> > Arlington Career Center
> > Arlington, VA
> > 
> > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 12:39 PM Samson Goddy <samsongoddy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello Alex and James,
> > > 
> > > I guess you both miss this thread. Can you please guide Jeff on how to get started?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Fri, May 10, 2019, 8:14 AM Jeff Elkner <jeff.elkner at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Dear Sugar Labs Devs,
> > > > 
> > > > I am a high school / community college computer science teacher in
> > > > Arlington Virginia who was an active member of the OLPC project for
> > > > years and who would like to rejoin the community.
> > > > 
> > > > I am convinced being able to run the Sugar desktop on the same
> > > > underlying OS (Debian) as Raspbian uses is the key to that working for
> > > > me.
> > > > 
> > > > I tried creating a basic buster install and then running:
> > > > 
> > > > $ sudo apt install sugar sucrose lightdm
> > > > 
> > > > The result is not a usable Sugar installation.  I am most eager to
> > > > participate as a tester, power user, and curriculum developer, but I
> > > > need to start with a working system.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > 
> > > > Jeff Elkner
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Let's work together to create a just and sustainable world!
> 

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.netrek.org/