freeplane command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

freeplane: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: freeplane: command not found

Solutions to freeplane: command not found

How To Fix freeplane: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu freeplane is provided by freeplane package.

freeplane is:

Freeplane is a free and open source software application that supports thinking, sharing information and getting things done at work, in school and at home. The core of the software is tools for mind mapping (also known as concept mapping or information mapping) and using mapped information.

Occupying the middle ground between an editor and a diagramming tool, Freeplane allows the user to add content as quickly and naturally as they would in a text editor, yet producing structured content that can be manipulated as easily as a diagram.

Features include ordering ideas in nodes and freely positionable nodes, connecting nodes, automatic/conditional styles, scripting, add-ons, LaTeX, search/filtering, different export features, printing, password protection of nodes/maps and more.

See http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page for a full list of applications and features.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install freeplane

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install freeplane.

sudo apt -y install freeplane

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install freeplane

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix freeplane command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.