alice-teacher Alice on a Chromebook

[Keith Golebie]

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

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

The remainder is from 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


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



Mr. Golebie

kgolebie at ellwood.k12.pa.us

Computer Technology Teacher

Rm 201 & 202

Lincoln High School

Ellwood City Area School District

Ellwood City PA  16117

724-752-1591 x3202
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