How to install Edubuntu package in Ubuntu?

Question

I have installed on my pc Ubuntu 10.10 and Edubuntu 11.04 in a USB. I had a problem with the installation of Edubuntu so I had to install ubuntu 10.10.

I want to install the desktop and all programs in Ubuntu. How I can do it?

Solution 1

Install the metapackage called edubuntu-desktop, then logout and select Edubuntu as session.

Solution 2

If you open the Ubuntu Software Centre and type edubuntu into the search field one of the top results will be the Educational Desktop for Ubuntu, installing that will provide all the Edubuntu software.

On that same page of results you will also see the individual bundles of software for pre-school upwards allowing you to install a specific set if you do not want to download everything from pre-school to third level (handy if on a slow internet connection).

Solution 3

I just ran

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-edu-preschool

and it started installing all the necessary packages.

Installation on an existing Ubuntu system Edubuntu provides application bundles that group educational software by grade level. You can install from the Education category in the "Software Center" entry in the Applications menu or installing the following packages using your favorite package manager:

ubuntu-edu-preschool - Preschool ( ubuntu-edu-primary - Primary ( ages 6-12) educational application bundle ubuntu-edu-secondary - Secondary ( ages 13-18) educational application bundle ubuntu-edu-tertiary - Tertiary ( university level ) educational application bundle You can also install all Edubuntu packages, including artwork by installing the edubuntu-desktop package.

Edunbuntu packages

Comments

[Christopher]

How can i do it? i'm a basic user. i dont know what is a "metapackage" =(

[Uri Herrera]

Applications>Accesories>Terminal>Type sudo apt-get install edbuntu-desktop.

[Nitin Venkatesh]

Upvoted the two answers above. Wrote this 'coz I thought all the info with a web-link should exist as an answer in one place. Sorry if that offends you.

[mikewhatever]

Let's call it package for simplicity. Just search for edubuntu-desktop in the Software Center, and click install.