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 <[email protected]> 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 > -- Peter Drake https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/drake/
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