[racket] Installing DrRacket on Chromebook

Thanks for the advice, Yuhao and Asumu. I forwarded them to my student and
got back:

Thanks for the suggestions.
> I tried following the instructions on launchpad.net with no luck (I got "sudo:
> add-apt-repository: command not found").
> I then tried to reinstall Ubuntu, skipping the first few steps because I
> had already backed up my data, created a restore image for Chrome OS, and
> enabled developer mode when I first got my Chromebook.
> Typing "sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -t kde" into the terminal gave back:
> "sh: Can't open /home/chronos/user/Downloads/crouton"
> At this time, I'm not up for the process of wiping all of my data and
> reinstalling crouton, seeing as how I have work saved for other classes and
> affairs, will have to connect to [the college's] internet again (a lengthy
> process), etc. so it just seems like redoing all of this will put me at
> more of a disadvantage than benefit for one class.
> If this is still a problem, I may try again in the near future when I have
> more time.


I may make another attempt if I get more students trying to do this in the
future.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Asumu Takikawa <asumu at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> On 2015-01-29 16:52:36 -0800, Peter Drake wrote:
> >    I've got a student trying to install DrRacket on a Chromebook. She has
> >    Ubuntu installed
>
> I recommend following the instructions on this page here:
>
>   https://launchpad.net/~plt/+archive/ubuntu/racket
>
> Instead of the example location they include in the instructions, try
> using "ppa:plt/racket". The following command should do it:
>
>   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:plt/racket
>
> and then you will want to run "sudo apt-get update" and
> "sudo apt-get install racket" or use the graphical package manager that
> comes with Ubuntu.
>
> Do let me know if you have any problems, or if you find any bugs in the
> packaging itself.
>
> Cheers,
> Asumu
>



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Peter Drake
https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/drake/
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