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To run freeplane in Linux, the following steps are recommended:
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For UBUNTU, see [[Ubuntu| here]]
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'''Update: Freeplane is packaged for Debian/Ubuntu => just run:
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  apt-get install freeplane
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The following steps are recommended if the Freeplane package for your distro is out of date:
  
 
1. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Download] the Freeplane zipfile, and extract its contents to the folder of your choosing (e.g. ~/local/freeplane-xxxx , where xxxx is a version-number).
 
1. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Download] the Freeplane zipfile, and extract its contents to the folder of your choosing (e.g. ~/local/freeplane-xxxx , where xxxx is a version-number).
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2. Create a freeplane symlink to ~/local/freeplane-xxxx:  <pre>ln -nsf ~/local/freeplane-xxxx ~/local/freeplane</pre>
 
2. Create a freeplane symlink to ~/local/freeplane-xxxx:  <pre>ln -nsf ~/local/freeplane-xxxx ~/local/freeplane</pre>
  
3. (optional) If you have a ~/bin folder which is in your shell path, you can create a symlink to the freeplane start-script: <pre>ln -s ~/local/freeplane/freeplane.sh ~/bin/freeplane</pre>  You should now be able to run freeplane from the commandline by simply typing <code>freeplane</code>.
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3. (optional) If you have a ~/bin folder which is in your shell path, you can create a symlink to the freeplane start-script: <pre>ln -s ~/local/freeplane/freeplane.sh ~/bin/freeplane</pre>  If you do that you should now be able to run freeplane from the commandline by simply typing <code>freeplane</code>.
  
 
4. Finally, to add an icon which will show up in your applications menu, save the following text to the file <code>~/.local/share/applications/freeplane.desktop</code> :
 
4. Finally, to add an icon which will show up in your applications menu, save the following text to the file <code>~/.local/share/applications/freeplane.desktop</code> :
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Now, any time you wish to update your Freeplane application, just repeat steps 1 and 2.
 
Now, any time you wish to update your Freeplane application, just repeat steps 1 and 2.
  
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 19 March 2017

For UBUNTU, see here

Update: Freeplane is packaged for Debian/Ubuntu => just run:

 apt-get install freeplane

The following steps are recommended if the Freeplane package for your distro is out of date:

1. Download the Freeplane zipfile, and extract its contents to the folder of your choosing (e.g. ~/local/freeplane-xxxx , where xxxx is a version-number).

2. Create a freeplane symlink to ~/local/freeplane-xxxx:

ln -nsf ~/local/freeplane-xxxx ~/local/freeplane

3. (optional) If you have a ~/bin folder which is in your shell path, you can create a symlink to the freeplane start-script:

ln -s ~/local/freeplane/freeplane.sh ~/bin/freeplane

If you do that you should now be able to run freeplane from the commandline by simply typing freeplane.

4. Finally, to add an icon which will show up in your applications menu, save the following text to the file ~/.local/share/applications/freeplane.desktop :

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Freeplane
Exec=/bin/sh /home/YOUR-USERNAME/local/freeplane/freeplane.sh %f
Terminal=false
Icon=/home/YOUR-USERNAME/local/freeplane/freeplane.svg
Type=Application
MimeType=application/x-freemind
Categories=Application;Office;
GenericName=Freeplane
Comment=A free mind mapping tool

(for more details on why adding this file works, see the XDG Desktop Menu Specification, which is followed by all major linux desktop-environments)

Now, any time you wish to update your Freeplane application, just repeat steps 1 and 2.