[needs-packaging] Unable to locate package freemind - Ubuntu 16.04

If this requires packaging, can you please package Version 1.0.1, see here:
http://www.getdeb.net/app/Freemind

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Freemind has been in Ubuntu for years, but the package is currently missing in 16.04.

It was removed from Debian and so was also removed from Ubuntu. The Debian bug is here: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=807682

You can use Freeplane as an alternative.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

i need freemind too! :-/

Use Freeplane instead of Freemind (I had to switch from Freemind to Freeplane in Ubuntu 16.04, and I like Freeplane better; it is more up-to-date and it reads all the mind-maps I initially created in Freemind):

sudo apt-get install freeplane

If you try freeplane, you might have to change the default theme for it to work correctly:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeplane/+bug/1544682

Add some heat to the bug above if it is still an issue.

I just compiled all Freemind project source (FreeMind Version = 1.0.1, build 7) using Apache Ant, version:

Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.6 compiled on July 8 2015

on Ubuntu 16.04, version:

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

with Java, version:

java version "1.8.0_91"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_91-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.91-b14, mixed mode)

and i worked smoothly.
Hope it helps.

Regards,
Andre

ANT build binary package created after execute the following command at root of Freemind source folder:

"ant.sh"

Found a way:

step 1:
Paste this code in your software sources:
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu wily-getdeb apps
install updates

step 2:
Open terminal and install:
sudo apt-get install freeplane
or in synaptic

Step 3:
Install:
libbcel-java (6.0~rc3-2ubuntu1)
libjibx-java (1.2.6-1)
libjibx1.2-java (1.2.6-1)

Step 4:
Download:
libjibx1.1-java_1.1.6a-3ubuntu1_all.deb
I used: http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/all/libjibx1.1-java/download
Install using gdebi

Step 5:
Install Freemind

Step 6:
Enjoy

confirm.

Would be nice to have this package for 18.04

Try Freeplane instead. It is a more active fork of Freemind.

@Duncan cool, thanks