Activity installation: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:25, 31 July 2008

For the general public

For Developers

Activity Installation

From the Internet

requires release 8.2.0 or the currently available testing, pre-release images called joyride

Enter the Sugar Control Panel by hovering over the central XO-man on the home screen.
Select the 'Activity update' entry.
Press 'Update'.

USB stick or SD card

with the Journal

You can also install an activity from the Journal by dragging the .xo bundle from the USB device.

Less Recommended Methods

need only be used if none of the recommended ways work for you

Activity_installation_alternatives

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 {{developers}}
+__NOTOC__
-=== From the Internet ===
+== Activity Installation ==
-==== with the [[Release Notes/8.2.0#Graphical Sugar Control Panel|Sugar control panel]] ====
-''coming in release 8.2.0 and currently available for [[Friends_in_testing|testing]] in pre-release images called [[joyride]]''
+=== From the Internet  ===
+''requires release 8.2.0 or the currently available [[Friends_in_testing|testing]], pre-release images called [[joyride]]''
 # Enter the Sugar Control Panel by hovering over the central XO-man on the home screen.
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 # Press 'Update'.
+----
-==== with [[Bert's script]] ====
-''available by download''
+=== USB stick or SD card ===
-See [[Bert's script]].
+''with the Journal''
-==== with [[xo-get]] ====
-''available by download''
+# You can also install an activity from the Journal by dragging the .xo bundle from the USB device.
-* [[Xo-get/Xo-get-gtk|GUI]]
-* find activities with <tt>''./xo-get.py list''</tt> or <tt>''./xo-get.py search ...''</tt>
-* install with <tt>''./xo-get.py install ...''</tt>
-* list installed activities: <tt>''./xo-get.py status''</tt>
-* remove with <tt>''./xo-get.py remove ...''</tt>
-=== From a USB stick or SD card ===
+== Less Recommended Methods ==
-==== with the Browse Activity ====
-''always available''
+''need only be used if none of the recommended ways work for you''
-# open the Browse Activity
-# point it to <tt>''file:///media/''</tt>
-# install like described at the very top of this page by browsing to and clicking on activities to install
-==== with xo-get ====
-''available by download''
-# open the Terminal activity;
-# <tt>''./xo-get.py install /media/<USB stick name>/MyActivity.xo''</tt>
-==== with sugar-install-bundle ====
-''always available''
-# open the Terminal activity;
-# type <tt>''sugar-install-bundle /media/<USB stick name>/<Activity name.xo>''</tt>
-==== with the Journal ====
-''always available''
-# You can also install an activity from the Journal by dragging the .xo bundle from the USB device.
+[[Activity_installation_alternatives]]
-==== with a [[Customization key|customization stick]] ====
-''available as of release [[8.1.0]] (Update.1/official-703)''.
 [[Category:Procedures]]