alice-teacher Looking For a Volounteer

Tue Jul 21 10:56:16 EDT 2020

Rhett,
A member of the Alice community, Keith Golebie, has found that by installing a linux emulator on the Chromebook, he was able to run Alice (both versions), The setup is not trivial however. Here are their instructions:

<begin instructions from Keith Golebie (kgolebie at ellwood.k12.pa.us <mailto:kgolebie at ellwood.k12.pa.us>)>

For those of you who may be interested...

After many attempts, I am happy to report that Alice 3 (the latest version) is running on the Chromebook! Linux is running in a window, so you can toggle between Linux and Chrome without rebooting. 

All credit and thanks to Steve Audia at CMU - Steve's patience through this process was amazing! Additionally, thanks and credit to Eric Brown for your input and for making the connections.

The process does require Developer mode, and that may be sticky for IT Staff in school districts, but it does work.

This is not as complicated as it may seem. There are 3 main steps - run the Ubuntu install, update Linux & install java, then install Alice. This is only one method of making this work, there are others. If you find other methods, please share them with the list.

Installing the Linux version of Alice on a Chromebook

1. Follow the steps to install Linux Ubuntu using Crouton found here:
https://www.lifewire.com/install-linux-on-chromebook-4125253 <https://www.lifewire.com/install-linux-on-chromebook-4125253>

Once Linux is up and running, you may have to reboot the system, so go ahead and do that. 
(Follow directions on Crouton install)

2. After rboot, in a terminal window on Linux, run:

	sudo apt-get update
	sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
	sudo apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties
	sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
	sudo apt-get update
	sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

3. Alice
	Download Alice 3 for Linux from Alice.org <http://alice.org/>

	The remainder is from Alice.org <http://alice.org/>:

	Linux:
		the Linux shell script does not start the installer right away. Follow these steps:

		Open the Terminal, and go to the directory where you have downloaded Alice.
		Type chmod +x Alice3_unix_Offline_3_2_5_0_0.sh
		Type ./Alice3_unix_Offline_3_2_5_0_0.sh
		Installation will start in a few seconds

4. Alice 2
	Click on Download Alice 2.x for Linux for the appropriate gallery version of Alice 2.x.
	After the download is complete, unzip the downloaded file.
	Place the complete uncompressed directory in the desired location on your machine.
	Open the Alice 2.x directory
	Find the Required directory in the Alice 2.x directory and open it
	Double-click the run-alice file in the Required directory (you may wish to create a short-cut for this file to place on your desktop).
	If Alice does not start, you may need to reset the classpath for the Java location on your machine. 

-Keith

<end Keith Golebie instructions>

Al the best,
Don Slater

Alice Project

> On Jul 21, 2020, at 12:39 AM, Rhett Nettles <rnettles at s2temsc.org> wrote:
> 
> I am interested in learning about the emulator for chromebooks.
> Thanks,
> Rhett Nettles
> PS You guys are awesome!!! Loved your session at CSTA!
> 
> From: alice-teachers <alice-teachers-bounces+rnettles=s2temsc.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu> on behalf of Don Slater <don at alice.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 3:40 PM
> To: Alice Teachers <alice-teachers at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
> Subject: Re: alice-teacher Looking For a Volounteer
>  
> Robert,
> Unfortunately at this time, Alice dees not run an any mobile devices. I am sorry. 
> 
> We have reports of some teachers being able to install a Linux emulator on their Chromebooks and run the Linux version of Alice. Please let m know if you are interested in hearing more about this.
> 
> I hope school opens smoothly and without incident for you.
> 
> Take care, and be safe.
> 
> Don Slater
> Alice Project
> 
>> On Jul 20, 2020, at 1:15 PM, NIMMO, ROBERT <Robert.Nimmo at vernonct.org <mailto:Robert.Nimmo at vernonct.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> Can Alice be downloaded to Chromebooks? In the event we go back to remote learning can we run Alice remotely?
>> 
>> Bob Nimmo
>> Business / Computer Science Teacher
>> VRABE Teacher
>> Robotics Club Mentor
>> Rockville High School
>> Vernon, Connecticut
>> 
>> Let all our students become powerful thinkers, effective collaborators, and compassionate contributors in preparation for success in a dynamic, interdependent world.
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> From: alice-teachers <alice-teachers-bounces+robert.nimmo=vernonct.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:alice-teachers-bounces+robert.nimmo=vernonct.org at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>> on behalf of Eric Brown <ewbrown at andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:ewbrown at andrew.cmu.edu>>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 6:42 PM
>> To: Alice educators
>> Subject: alice-teacher Looking For a Volounteer
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> As some of you may know it is the 25th Anniversary of Java.  We are working on something to celebrate that milestone and have been asked to look for an educator and student who would be willing to record a short video (we will proved some direction).  We are hoping to find an educator that thinks fondly of Alice and how it helped them to teach Java/CS, excite new students to Java/CS and a student that was impacted by Alice and has gone on to further ed or career in CS even better if that path included using Java to be our representatives (super awesome if you have an Alice T-shirt or Alice themed props :) since I don’t think I can mail anything).  If you are willing or interested please reach out to me directly and I can give you more information.  We are looking to find people quickly (need to do our part by the end of next week).  Sorry for the short notice.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> 
>> Eric Brown
>> ewbrown(at)cmu.edu <http://cmu.edu/>
>> Director of The Alice Project
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