Talk:FreeMind on Linux

FreeMind is great! I have a great idea for a similar program only with a different feature set. What I want to know more about is how you start an open source software project. I have an idea and a beginning of a design, but how do I get more people involved?

Thanks in advance for any help / inspiration / tips.

David

wrong command in 'apt-get install' section?

for me the given command for installing freemind by using apt-get didn't work:

apt-get install freemind/experimental freemind-plugins-svg/experimental freemind-plugins-time/experimental freemind-plugins-time/experimental

i found out i had to delete the /experimental, then:

apt-get install freemind freemind-plugins-svg freemind-plugins-time freemind-plugins-time

worked fine

guess you should leave the /experimental in the sources.list away if you want to have the originall command working?

am i right or am i wrong? not sure whether i did the whole stuff an other way or the wiki put the wrong command so i didn't change it...

schaffner

(K)Ubuntu Instructions work on Ubuntu Edgy . . . I think

The instructions and link to the blog post (and its attendant comments) helped me manage to make FreeMind work on Ubuntu 6.10 (EdgyEft). I can't quite remember the combination of procedures, but it works for me now. Highlights:

1. I did install the j2re1.4 package (blackdown java)
2. I didn't have to edit any files (but I am configured to use the the multiverse & universe repos already).
3. I downloaded the .deb on the FreeMind website and installed it.
4. I used apt-get -f install to fix broken dependencies.

Then, it Just Worked.

--Tex 10:02, 29 Dec 2006 (PST)