[etoys-dev] Re: Brand new Ubuntu experience with etoys

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 07.05.2010, at 15:39, Jerome Peace wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Bert has mentioned to me that loading from the distributor is the desired way to go. So here is a report on installing etoys after a fresh install of 
> Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
> 
> FYI
> 
> The Ubuntu install was straight forward. 
> iso download. burn bootable disk. boot from cd. install.
> 
> Ubuntu software center > education > etoys > select install.
> 
> Done.
> 
> Open firefox >
> Squeakland.org >
> Showcase >
> All >
> Music Chord game >
> launch
> 
> --->
> You do not seem to have the Etoys plugin installed.
> Please download the plugin here and then run the installer.
> 
> You could also download Musit Chord game.011.pr and open it in Etoys.
> 
> Following the plugin here link gets me to the download page.
> 
> This gives me several options
> 
> Windows Macintosh Etoys to Go
> 
> Older Versions
> ...Final-Win.exe
> ...Final-Mac.dmg
> ...Final-Linux.rpm
> ...Final-Linux.deb
> 
> 
> Okay. The option I wanted to find was:
> 
> Given that Etoys is already installed install it as a plugin for the Firefox (or Opera) or etc. browser.
> 
> What I think I am being offered is a chance to install Etoys from scratch or to install it over the Ubuntu provided package.
> 
> I do not wish to risk this since one of my purposes is to observe the Etoys package provided.
> 
> So this is a heads up. The Ubuntu provided package for 10.04 does not include hooking up the plugin. (It probably should.)
> 
> The download page does not include an explicit option to just install the plugin. It should definitely mention it explicitly since you link there from a place that tells me I will find the plugin there.
> 
> The download page does not make it clear if I can used my installed Etoys as the basis for the plugin or not. Without that information proceeding would invalidate my experiments.

I just changed the wording on the "missing plugin" page - is that better?

And indeed, the distro package should register the plugin. Maybe it doesn't, I don't know.

- Bert -