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Can I install OSCAR on a ChromeBook or a ChromeBox?
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== Requirements ==
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Chromebook is a laptop. <br />
  
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If it is a recent one, then you can.
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Chromebox is a computer without a monitor, keyboard, or mouse. To install OSCAR on a Chromebox, the user must first connect the additional hardware: keyboard, mouse, and monitor.<br />
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A ChromeBook is a laptop, while a ChromeBox is a box to which you connect your own mouse, keyboard and monitor.
 
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In this wiki, we will use th eterm ChromeBook to cover both.
 
  
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<abbreviated outline here>
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The OSCAR installation procedure is the same for both the Chromebook and Chromebox. In the following directions, the term Chromebook refers to both the laptop and the Chromebox.<br />
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To learn if you can  install OSCAR, go to Settings->About Chrome OS and see if there are any updates to apply.
 
  
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Anyway, the first thing to do is to make sure your Chromebook is up to date. If it is left on and connected to the Internet, it will update itself, and then ask you to restart it so it uses the latest version. The way you would find out which version it is on would be to go to the settings page (which is accessed by clicking on the little toothed gear symbol) and then finding the legend "About Chrome OS" over to the left and clicking on that. Then you should see a box up towards the top that says "Check for Updates". Click on that, and it will either tell you that you are up to date, or else start updating your system.
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To install OSCAR, your Chromebook  
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# must support Linux (Beta), also known as Crostini, [https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-linux chrome-os-systems-supporting-linux]
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# and have the current Chrome OS
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# and the correct version of OSCAR for your Chromebook (This depends on the CPU your Chromebook has)
  
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If so, do them, which will need a restart.
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== Installation ==
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If your chromeBook is up to date, go back to the original Settings Page, and see if there is an option for "Linux(Beta)".
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=== Verify your Chromebook will work with Linux (Beta) and OSCAR ===
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If there is, enable.
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# Click on the following link to determine if a Chromebook is able to support Linux (Beta) / Crostini: [https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-linux chrome-os-systems-supporting-linux]
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Click in the "Turn On" box, and another windows will pop up saying "Install Linux (Beta) on your ChromeBook".
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# From that link: Unless otherwise specified, all devices launched in 2019 will support Linux (Beta).
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Click on the Install button, and after the progress bar finishes, a window with a black background will come up, looking a bit like a neater version of the old MS-DOS window.
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# As of OS version 91, Linux is no longer in Beta. Ignore further mentions of (Beta).
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If it didn't go well, let us know what did happen.
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# If your Chromebook is listed, verify whether or not Chromebook has Linux (Beta) / Crostini
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## At the bottom right of the Chromebook page, select the time.
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If you do not have this option, then you can not install OSCAR.
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## Select Settings [[File:Settings.png|18px]]
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## Under "Linux (Beta)," See the Linux status (Screenprint needed)
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# If purchasing a new Chromebook, ensure the Chromebook is listed on the link [https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-linux chrome-os-systems-supporting-linux].
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# If the Chromebook does not support Linux (Beta) / Crostini, OSCAR cannot be installed.
  
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If you have enabled Linux(Beta), then you need to learn which kind of CPU your ChromeBook uses.
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== Update Chrome OS to the latest Version ==
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To do this, open the browser, and type chrome://system and press enter
 
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Search for the term "uname". to the right of uname, you will see text that tells you what type of CPU you have. this will likely be AMD, or Intel, or you may see aarch64 or ARMv8.
 
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If you see Intel or AMD, then you will need the package with amd64 in its name, or if you see aarch64 or ARMv8, then you will need the package with arm64 in its name.
 
  
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How do I install OSCAR on my ChromeBook?
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# Turn on your Chromebook.
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# Connect your Chromebook to Wi-Fi.
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# At the bottom right, select the time. [[File:How-to-update-your-Chromebook-1.jpg|400px]]
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# Select Settings[[File:Settings.png|18px]]).
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# At the bottom of the left panel, select "About Chrome OS".
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# Under "Google Chrome OS," you will find which version of the Chrome operating system your Chromebook uses. [[File:How-to-update-your-Chromebook-2.jpg|400px]]
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# Select "Check for updates".
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# If your Chromebook finds a software update, it will start to download automatically.
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# If Update was found, after downloading you will see "Update available<br />
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RESTART TO UPDATE,  Click on "RESTART TO UPDATE"
  
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Go to the Oscar downloads page; there's a link to that close to the middle of the black horizontal bar
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== Load Linux (Beta) ==
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not far from the top of this page.
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if Linux (beta) is not installed load Linux (beta) per [https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en Chromebook Supports Linux (Beta)]
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Go to that page on your Chromebook, and over on the right side, you'll see the 2 ChromeBook installation packages labelled
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This is the Vendor Installation document.
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OSCAR_1.1.0_Debian9_amd64
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=== ID Chromebook CPU type ===
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OSCAR_1.1.0_Debian9_arm64
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OSCAR runs on multiple platforms, The CPU on your machine is a determining factor in which download of OSCAR is needed. We are looking for either aarch64 or x86_64.
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# Open the browser, and type chrome://version and press enter
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# You will see a list of headings in Bold type followed by a colon, on the left-hand side of the page.
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# To the right of that there will be lots of information about Chrome and Chrome OS
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# Look for the left side heading User-Agent:
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# to the right of that there will be a line in the normal font that looks like
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## Mozilla/5.0 (X11; CrOS aarch64 12871.67.0) or
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## Mozilla/5.0 (X11; CrOS x86_64 12871.67.0)
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# We are interested in whether your Chromebook says after the first line after CrOS
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## aarch64
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### If you see aarch64, then you will need the Oscar package with arm64 in its name
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## x86_64
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### If you see x86_64, then you will need the Oscar package with amd64 in its name
  
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Download the appropriate one.
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=== Install OSCAR ===
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Your Chrome browser will probably ask you to save it, probably in your Downloads folder, so go ahead and do that.
 
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If it didn't ask you, it put it in Downloads.
 
  
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I'll include one more link that tells you how to take a screenshot on a Chromebook, so you can post a screenshot of any difficulty you have. It is
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# Go to the OSCAR Download page at https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/ on your Chromebook, on the right side under Linux, you'll see the two Chromebook installation packages labeled
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omg chrome.com/ take-screenshot-chromebook-chromeos
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## OSCAR_x.x.x_Debian9_amd64
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## OSCAR_x.x.x_Debian9_arm64
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# Download the appropriate one for your CPU. See '''ID Chromebook CPU type''' above, and save it.  Make a note of this location, you will need it for the next step.
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# Install the .deb file that you downloaded.
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## If you're still in Linux, return to the Chrome desktop.
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## Now open the Chrome Files App, and go to the folder with the Oscar package that you downloaded. It will show as a .deb file (eg Oscar_xxxxx.deb)
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## When you find it, we can open it and install it
  
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CLARIFICATION REQUIRED HERE
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NEED SECTION ON HOW TO SETUP SD CARD(may be fixed in next OSCAR releaser)
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If you launch it now...
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If we are successful, we will be given a small square window that asks us to select our language as English. When you get to this point, or if you see OSCAR start up, then you are halfway there, but please STOP NOW and don't go any further. The next part of the installation on Chrome will be to create a profile and then to import from an SD Card. You may have made a profile before, and you may have imported from an SD Card before, but importing from an SD card on Chrome OS for the first time is quite different, so do NOT try it until you have gone back to and read all of the instructions about how to do it.
  
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What you need to do now is to install the .deb file that you downloaded. We don't need to do this in Linux, it's simpler to do it from Chrome.
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After it's been done once, it will be simple.
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Do you know where the file was saved? You may have had your browser set to save it in your Downloads folder, or you may have had it set to ask you where to save anything (in which case, you probably know). Either way, now open the Chrome Files App, and go to the folder with the .deb file that you downloaded.
 
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When you find it, we can open it and install it from the files App. If you are using a mouse, you should right click on the downloaded .deb file name, or if you are using the Chromebook touchpad, you will need to hold down the alt key while you click once anywhere in the touchpad. This will bring up a submenu, and the first item on that menu should be
 
  
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Install with Linux (Beta)
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=== Setup SD Card Reader (Linux) ===
  
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left click (or click without the Alt key) on that item and it will start to install, I think it may ask you to confirm you want to install, so go ahead and do that.
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It almost certainly does, but it might be a slot for a micro SD Card. Most CPAP machines use a full-size SD Card.
  
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It will then tell you that is has successfully started to install
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If your Chromebook has a micro SD card slot, then you can still use it, but you must either
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After a while it will tell you that th einstall has been successful, and invite you to launch it.
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# Use a micro SD Card to full-size SD Card adapter.
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You can launch it now, and you can also close the window that told you that invited you to install it.
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# Use your full-size SD Card with a USB adapter that will fit in a USB port in your Chromebook. (Some Chromebooks may have only USB-C ports, so check this before buying an adapter).
  
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If we are successful, we will be given a small square window that asks us to select our language as English.
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== end of article ==

Latest revision as of 01:07, 11 October 2021

Requirements

Chromebook is a laptop.

Chromebox is a computer without a monitor, keyboard, or mouse. To install OSCAR on a Chromebox, the user must first connect the additional hardware: keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

The OSCAR installation procedure is the same for both the Chromebook and Chromebox. In the following directions, the term Chromebook refers to both the laptop and the Chromebox.

To install OSCAR, your Chromebook

  1. must support Linux (Beta), also known as Crostini, chrome-os-systems-supporting-linux
  2. and have the current Chrome OS
  3. and the correct version of OSCAR for your Chromebook (This depends on the CPU your Chromebook has)

Installation

Verify your Chromebook will work with Linux (Beta) and OSCAR

  1. Click on the following link to determine if a Chromebook is able to support Linux (Beta) / Crostini: chrome-os-systems-supporting-linux
  2. From that link: Unless otherwise specified, all devices launched in 2019 will support Linux (Beta).
  3. As of OS version 91, Linux is no longer in Beta. Ignore further mentions of (Beta).
  4. If your Chromebook is listed, verify whether or not Chromebook has Linux (Beta) / Crostini
    1. At the bottom right of the Chromebook page, select the time.
    2. Select Settings Settings.png
    3. Under "Linux (Beta)," See the Linux status (Screenprint needed)
  5. If purchasing a new Chromebook, ensure the Chromebook is listed on the link chrome-os-systems-supporting-linux.
  6. If the Chromebook does not support Linux (Beta) / Crostini, OSCAR cannot be installed.

Update Chrome OS to the latest Version

  1. Turn on your Chromebook.
  2. Connect your Chromebook to Wi-Fi.
  3. At the bottom right, select the time. How-to-update-your-Chromebook-1.jpg
  4. Select SettingsSettings.png).
  5. At the bottom of the left panel, select "About Chrome OS".
  6. Under "Google Chrome OS," you will find which version of the Chrome operating system your Chromebook uses. How-to-update-your-Chromebook-2.jpg
  7. Select "Check for updates".
  8. If your Chromebook finds a software update, it will start to download automatically.
  9. If Update was found, after downloading you will see "Update available

RESTART TO UPDATE, Click on "RESTART TO UPDATE"

Load Linux (Beta)

if Linux (beta) is not installed load Linux (beta) per Chromebook Supports Linux (Beta) This is the Vendor Installation document.

ID Chromebook CPU type

OSCAR runs on multiple platforms, The CPU on your machine is a determining factor in which download of OSCAR is needed. We are looking for either aarch64 or x86_64.

  1. Open the browser, and type chrome://version and press enter
  2. You will see a list of headings in Bold type followed by a colon, on the left-hand side of the page.
  3. To the right of that there will be lots of information about Chrome and Chrome OS
  4. Look for the left side heading User-Agent:
  5. to the right of that there will be a line in the normal font that looks like
    1. Mozilla/5.0 (X11; CrOS aarch64 12871.67.0) or
    2. Mozilla/5.0 (X11; CrOS x86_64 12871.67.0)
  6. We are interested in whether your Chromebook says after the first line after CrOS
    1. aarch64
      1. If you see aarch64, then you will need the Oscar package with arm64 in its name
    2. x86_64
      1. If you see x86_64, then you will need the Oscar package with amd64 in its name

Install OSCAR

  1. Go to the OSCAR Download page at https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/ on your Chromebook, on the right side under Linux, you'll see the two Chromebook installation packages labeled
    1. OSCAR_x.x.x_Debian9_amd64
    2. OSCAR_x.x.x_Debian9_arm64
  2. Download the appropriate one for your CPU. See ID Chromebook CPU type above, and save it. Make a note of this location, you will need it for the next step.
  3. Install the .deb file that you downloaded.
    1. If you're still in Linux, return to the Chrome desktop.
    2. Now open the Chrome Files App, and go to the folder with the Oscar package that you downloaded. It will show as a .deb file (eg Oscar_xxxxx.deb)
    3. When you find it, we can open it and install it

CLARIFICATION REQUIRED HERE NEED SECTION ON HOW TO SETUP SD CARD(may be fixed in next OSCAR releaser) If you launch it now... If we are successful, we will be given a small square window that asks us to select our language as English. When you get to this point, or if you see OSCAR start up, then you are halfway there, but please STOP NOW and don't go any further. The next part of the installation on Chrome will be to create a profile and then to import from an SD Card. You may have made a profile before, and you may have imported from an SD Card before, but importing from an SD card on Chrome OS for the first time is quite different, so do NOT try it until you have gone back to and read all of the instructions about how to do it.

After it's been done once, it will be simple.

Setup SD Card Reader (Linux)

It almost certainly does, but it might be a slot for a micro SD Card. Most CPAP machines use a full-size SD Card.

If your Chromebook has a micro SD card slot, then you can still use it, but you must either

  1. Use a micro SD Card to full-size SD Card adapter.
  2. Use your full-size SD Card with a USB adapter that will fit in a USB port in your Chromebook. (Some Chromebooks may have only USB-C ports, so check this before buying an adapter).

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