FreeMind on Linux
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Installation
Java installation
FreeMind is a Java program, hence you need Java to make it work. There is the "Java runtime engine" (JRE or J2RE) required to run (use, start) FreeMind, and there is the "Java Development Kit" (JDK or J2DK) if you want to compile FreeMind.
If you don't know what compile means, then you need only the JRE. In the following lines, I will concentrate on making FreeMind run and the JRE installation.
From the distribution's RPM package
It's probably the easiest way:
- start the software or package installation manager of your distro (e.g. YaST under SuSE),
- search for java, JRE or J2RE,
- choose (one of) the package providing the JRE,
- install the chosen package (plus dependencies),
- and quit the software manager.
It may be that the package for Java is already installed or doesn't exist, but then the software manager will tell you. In the first case, you can install FreeMind ; in the 2nd case, you can try the next section.
