Dependencies and Linux Packaging
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Packaging Freeplane for Linux distros
This page contains information about Freeplane requirements/dependencies and GNU/Linux packaging information for release 1.2.x (and, to a lesser extent, 1.3.x).
See also How to build Freeplane.
Dependencies
| Package | Description | Version required | Debian Package |
| Groovy | Dynamic language for the JVM, used for scripting/add-ons | >=1.8.6 | groovy (=> use groovy-all.jar to get the deps below as well!) |
| ANTLR | Parser Generator used by groovy | >= 2.7.7 | antlr (but groovy depends on it) |
| Apache commons CLI | Command line parser, used by groovy. | >= 1.2 | libcommon-cli-java (but groovy depends on it) |
| ASM | Java bytecode manipulation and analysis framework. | >= 3.3.2 | libasm3-java (but groovy depends on it) |
| JLaTeXMath | Used for LaTeX Rendering in node extension (1.2.x) / node core (1.3.x) | >=0.9.7 (1.2.x) / 1.0.2 (1.3.x) | libjlatexmath-java |
| JSyntaxPane | Provides JEditorPane with syntax highlighting, used for groovy scripts and LaTeX (>= 1.3.x) | current subversion @revision r156 (1.2.x and 1.3.x) | libjsyntaxpane-java |
| SimplyHTML | Rich text editor used for editing node content / notes / ... | >=0.16.07 (1.2.x and 1.3.x) | simplyhtml |
| Java Help | deprecated, but still used by simplyhtml | >=2.0.0? | javahelp2 |
| Apache commons lang | Helper utilities for java.lang | >=2.0 (1.2.x), >=2.6 (1.3.x) | libcommons-lang-java |
| Apache commons IO | Helper utilities for java.io | >=2.4 | libcommons-io-java |
| JGoodies Forms | Helper utilities for forms layout | >= 1.2.1 | libjgoodies-forms-java |
| GNU Regexp | GNU Regexp implementation (not sure if it's used by freeplane directly, but still used by simpyhtml!) | >=1.1.4 | libgnu-regexp-java |
| Knopflerfish OSGi | OSGi implementation used by freeplane | >=2.3.3 | libknopflerfish-osgi-framework-java |
| Apache Batik | used by SVG plugin | >=1.7 | libbatik-java |
| Rhino | Pure Java open source javascript engine, used by SVG plugin | >=1.7R | librhino-java |
| Apache FOP | Apache Formatting Objects Processor, used by SVG plugin | >=1.0 | libfop-java |
| Xerces2 | a library for parsing, validating and manipulating XML documents, used by SVG plugin | >=2.5.0 | libxerces2-java |
| Apache XML Commons | common code and guidelines for xml projects, used by SVG plugin | >=1.4? | libxml-commons-external-java |
| InfoNode Docking Windows | Used for docking windows (>=1.3.x only!!) | >=1.6.1 | libidw-java |
| JMapViewer | Used by openmaps plugin (>=1.3.x only!!) | >=1.02 (older svn versions should work as well) | jmapviewer |
| Apache commons codec | Used to encode/decode view state (>=1.3.x only!!) | >=1.7 | libcommons-codec-java (currently at 1.8) |
If you want to know the mapping between freeplane jars and jars in Debian packages, check out this patch.
Build-time dependencies
- all of the dependencies above are build-deps too
- junit, ant, jdk
- 1.3.x: jflex for compiling latex.flex (LaTeX syntax highlighting for JSyntaxPane)
- done: LaTeXLexer.java must not be included in freeplane_srcpure-1.3.x.tar.gz, it must be built from latex.flex at package build time)
Miscellaneous
- of course mac stuff can (and must) not be built
- freeplane_plugin_uispec4j/ can be ignored
- freeplane_plugin_help/ is no longer needed, can be ignored
- jortho.jar is built from JOrtho_0.4_freeplane/
- launch4j is Windows-only
Changes for 1.3.x
- Debian: require openjdk-7-jre as the only JRE (Depends:) because JMapViewer requires it anyway and jdk6 is not in jessie?
launch4j => windows onlylatest JSyntaxPane (..r156) required (LaTeX syntax highlighting)is ...r156 correctly pulled as a dependency (as opposed to r148!)????
- new plugin "Openmaps integration", new dependency JMapViewer
- new command line option -U (include in man page!)
- also mention latex in core, openmaps integration, workspace plugins in 1.3.x manpage
- workspace plugin has been disabled for 1.3.x!!
- bump up version in man-page!
- also mention latex in core, openmaps integration, workspace plugins in 1.3.x manpage
- make sure that srcpure does not contain *.class, *.exe, *.dll, ...
- build LaTeXLexer.java before build target runs
remove /etc/kde3/magic/freeplane.magic- install a 48x48 icon (http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html)?
- how to fix 80_no_update_check.patch??
fix http://lintian.debian.org/tags/menu-icon-uses-relative-path.html (freeplane package)(fixed in 1.2.23-2)
Distro-specific information
See this search link for older packages.
Debian
Current release for Debian is 1.2.23, maintainer is Felix Natter <fnatter@gmx.net>. It's now in testing/"jessie".
The packaging source code is maintained in Git repos:
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-java/simplyhtml.git
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-java/freeplane.git
Some Dependencies:
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-java/libjsyntaxpane-java.git
- http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-java/trunk/libjlatexmath-java/
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-grass/jmapviewer.git
Mageia Linux
Current release is 1.2.23, maintainer is Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>.
The packaging source code is available at:
Arch Linux
Current Release for Arch Linux is 1.2.23, maintainer is Leonidas Spyropoulos <artafinde at gmail dot com>
The package is available in AUR:
The PKGBUILD is maintained at github:
Fedora
TODO: where is it?
OpenSuSE
see this link
