On 10/18/05, Rudolf Kastl <che666@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FreeMind_on_Linux > > 2005/10/18, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx>: > > On 10/18/05, Rudolf Kastl <che666@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > it must be built with sun java sdk installed if i recall right. > > > generally building it should be documented (sorry but i really dont > > > recall how exactly... i just recall it was really easy). Grab the > > > tarball and look inside for a file called "INSTALL" or "README" if > > > there no textfiles there please look at the freemind homepage. > > > > Thanks again, Rudolf. I had looked for information in the tarball, but > > with no success. I will ask for help on the FreeMind users mailing > > list. That is irritating: at the site indicated by you, it is said that «Download the file called something like freemind-bin-0_7_1.zip, create somewhere a sub-directory and unpack there the file (as normal user or root, depending where you created the sub-directory: $ unzip freemind-bin-0_7_1.zip $ chmod +x freemind.sh You're done!» I have done that with freemind-bin-max-0_8_0, but getting: $ ./freemind.sh Exception in thread "main" java.awt.IllegalComponentStateException at java.awt.Frame.setUndecorated(boolean) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at freemind.main.FreeMindSplash.FreeMindSplash(freemind.main.FreeMindMain) (Unknown Source) at freemind.main.FreeMind.FreeMind() (Unknown Source) at freemind.main.FreeMind.main(java.lang.String[]) (Unknown Source) at gnu.java.lang.MainThread.call_main() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) at gnu.java.lang.MainThread.run() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.6.0.0) $ Paul
