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== Installing one activity == |
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See [[Activity installation]] to install groups of activities. |
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| ⚫ | Add new activities by following the instructions on the '''[[Creating an activity]]''' page (Please be sure to read our human interface [[OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines|guidelines]] in addition to the [[activity guidelines]]). When adding your new activity to this page, follow the template syntax as described on the [[Template:Activity]] page. |
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== Installing Downloaded Activities == |
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To install an Activity: |
To install an Activity: |
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# start the Browse activity on your XO; |
# start the [[Browse]] activity on your XO; |
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# go to this page in the browser; |
# go to this page in the browser; |
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# click on the .xo bundle next to the word '''Download:''' |
# click on the .xo bundle next to the word '''Download:''' |
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# when it's finished, click OK. |
# when it's finished, click OK. |
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# press the Home key ([[Image:Home_key_f3_small.png]]) (fifth from the upper left) to see the taskbar. |
# press the Home key ([[Image:Home_key_f3_small.png]]) (fifth from the upper left) to see the taskbar. |
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# scroll the taskbar to the right (by clicking on the arrow [[Image:Frame-scroll-right.gif|25px]]) until you see the icon for the activity; click on it to start. |
# ''prior to release [[8.2.0]]'' scroll the taskbar to the right (by clicking on the arrow [[Image:Frame-scroll-right.gif|25px]]) until you see the icon for the activity; click on it to start. |
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A detailed description with images can be found [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Browse#Install_an_activity here]. |
A detailed description with images can be found [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Browse#Install_an_activity here]. |
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== Uploading new activities == |
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== Lists of Activities == |
== Lists of Activities == |
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Revision as of 06:59, 5 October 2008
Applications for use in Sugar are called Activities. This page lists Preinstalled activities and describes how to find others you can install yourself. The names of activities link to more information about them; the download links, if downloaded to an XO, will automatically install and show up in the activity bar.
- For general information about activities, see the laptop.org website.
- For a list of all activities you can download, see Activities/All or Activities/G1G1.
Installing one activity
See Activity installation to install groups of activities.
To install an Activity:
- start the Browse activity on your XO;
- go to this page in the browser;
- click on the .xo bundle next to the word Download:
- when it's finished, click OK.
- press the Home key (
) (fifth from the upper left) to see the taskbar. - prior to release 8.2.0 scroll the taskbar to the right (by clicking on the arrow
) until you see the icon for the activity; click on it to start.
A detailed description with images can be found here.
Uploading new activities
Add new activities by following the instructions on the Creating an activity page (Please be sure to read our human interface guidelines in addition to the activity guidelines). When adding your new activity to this page, follow the template syntax as described on the Template:Activity page.
Lists of Activities
Featured on 8.2
These activities are the ones that Software update in the Sugar Control Panel offers to install and update; they are pre-installed in most laptops running release 8.2.0 received through the 2008 Give One, Get One program. There are many other activities known to work on release 8.2.0.
The activity versions below are the latest believed to work with release 8.2.0 (or more precisely, the 8.2 build stream).
For laptops running Release 8.1.0, see the earlier G1G1 activity pack. If your XO is not running the latest release 8.2.0 also known as build 767 (here's how to check), then you should consider upgrading to it; the details are in the 8.2.0 release notes.
Activities
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Content collections
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Other
- Activities/All - all tested educational activities
- Activities/Other - all others, including partly-finished and just fun activities
- Collections of library content are organized separately.
Specific collections of activity and content are available; see the WorldWideWorkshop and GCompris activity sets, and repositories of Etoys projects at Potsdam University.
Note: The Activity packs page is being deprecated in favor of pages such as Activities/Peru
Other installation options
From the Internet (G1G1 owners, use this)
With the 8.2.0 release or later pre-release images called joyride:
- Run the Sugar Control Panel by hovering over the central XO-man on the Home view screen.
- Choose 'Software update.' If you are a G1G1 user and have performed a clean install, you will need to re-add the "G1G1 activities group".
Removing activities
via Terminal
Open the Terminal Activity, and do the following (depends on whether you installed activities yourself or not) replacing ActivityName with the name of the activity (e.g. TamTamMini) :
- Note: You may want to "ls" before you "rm" so you can see what's in the directory and what options you have.
If done carelessly (e.g. removing Terminal, Browse, or Journal) your machine may operate in reduced functionality until you manually reinstall the activity!
cd Activities rm -r ActivityName.activity
flash games
via the Sugar shell
to be added
See also
- "using activities" page in the OLPC getting started guide
- See the (deprecated) Activities page on redhat.com's olpc download site
- See also : Activity bundle, Library grid, Software ideas, List of activity summaries