Installing the lastest Freemind under Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)
Add the repository for Freemind:
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following lines # freemind source
deb http://eric.lavar.de/comp/linux/debian/ experimental/
deb-src http://eric.lavar.de/comp/linux/debian/ experimental/
Install from the repository:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install freemind
Alternatively, you can use synaptic.
Starting Freemind
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/bin/ freemind
To start it next time from terminal without setting vars
In another terminal set JAVA related variables in the profile.
echo export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/ >> ~/.bashrc
echo export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11/bin/ >> ~/.bashrc
Original article:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Freemind