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Scratch on Linux

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Posted by mbadger on Oct 07 2008 | Commentary

MIT provides Scratch for the Mac and Windows platforms but not Linux. Reading the Scratch help forums pointed me to a couple threads that said Scratch works with Wine, but I didn’t see any installation instructions.

If you’re not familiar with installing and running Windows applications on Linux with the Wine, here are the steps on Ubuntu.

  1. Install the wine package via Synaptic
  2. Download the Windows installer from scratch.mit.edu/download to your Desktop
  3. Open a terminal window and run the command: wine Desktop/ScratchInstaller*
    • Assumes you’re working from your home directory and you downloaded the installer to your Ubuntu Desktop
  4. From here, the Scratch installer looks just like it down on Windows - follow the defaults.
  5. Double click the Scratch icon on your Ubuntu desktop to open Scratch.

Now, go make the cat dance.

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