Installing new Activities 

Your XO can run new and different activities, which you can download and install from a web site, your school server, a USB storage device, or an SD card.

There are two basic ways to install new activities: you can use the Browse Activity to download an activity from a web site and then use the Journal Activity to install it, or use the Terminal Activity to install an activity directly from a USB device with a typed command.

To install a new activity from a web site download

  1. In the Home view, click Browse.
    launchbrowse
  2. At the top of the page, type wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities  and then press Enter.
    browsegoactivities
  3. On the Activities page, look for a new Activity such as the Puzzle game that is part of the MaMaMedia Creative Center.
    wikilaptopActivities
  4. Click on the .xo file that you want. 
    jigsawxo
  5. On the next page, download the XO file by clicking the link.
    versjigsawxo
  6. Watch the countdown while the file downloads, and when the download is complete, click OK.
    browsedownloadok
  7. Return to the Home view by clicking Home in the upper left corner or by pressing fn 3.
    gohome
  8. In the Home view, click the Journal to launch the Journal Activity.
    journal
  9. From the Journal Activity, click the downloaded .xo file and then click the circle with a square in it.
    journaldownload

    The laptop installs and then starts the Activity, adding a new icon in the bottom row so you can launch it from there next time.
    puzzlestarting

    Enjoy your new Activity!
    jigsawpuzzleactivity

To install an activity from a portable USB storage device

  1. To install activities from a USB storage device, start the Terminal Activity from the Home view.
  2. Insert the USB device.
  3. At the prompt, type: 
    sugar-install-bundle /media/<USB device name>
    The XO automatically loads the Activity.

Tip: To determine the name of your USB device, you can go to the Journal Activity and read the name from the icon in the bottom left corner of the XO screen.

To install a set of activities 

As of build 703 (available in April 2008), the Activities are downloaded separately from the Sugar operating system. This separation means that after you update to build 703 or higher, you must install the activities separately. One method for doing so is to get a list of the activities and build a customized USB storage device with a custom zip file, and use that to install all the activities at once.

  1. To make the customized USB device, download this zip file: http://dev.laptop.org/~mstone/customization-2.zip.
  2. Unzip the file onto the USB device.
  3. Create an empty directory called "bundles" on the USB device.
  4. Download all the activities .xo and .xol files that you want to use for your set. A list of the activities available with the G1G1 deployment are available at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/G1G1_bundled_activities#G1G1_deployment.
  5. Copy the .xo and .xol files into the bundles subdirectory on the USB device.
  6. Power off your XO.
  7. Insert the USB device into your XO.
  8. Power on your XO.
    The set of activities from the USB device are installed automatically.