Freeplane 1.6.6-1build1 doesn't load in Ubuntu 17.10

[JT]

I just upgraded to 17.10, and I allowed the system to perform the default upgrades and removal of previous packages. Upon trying to start Freeplane (version 1.6.6-1build1), here's what it says in the console:

org.knopflerfish.framework.readonly=true
org.knopflerfish.gosg.jars=reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/core/
org.freeplane.user.dir=/home/commander
org.freeplane.basedirectory=/usr/share/freeplane
java.security.policy=/usr/share/freeplane/freeplane.policy
org.osgi.framework.storage=/usr/share/freeplane/fwdir
Knopflerfish OSGi framework launcher, version <unknown>
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Created Framework: org.knopflerfish.framework, version=8.0.5.
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/share/freeplane/core/org.freeplane.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF (No such file or directory)
 at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)
 at java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:195)
 at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.bundlestorage.file.Archive.downloadArchive(Archive.java:226)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.bundlestorage.file.BundleArchiveImpl.<init>(BundleArchiveImpl.java:133)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.bundlestorage.file.BundleStorageImpl.insertBundleJar(BundleStorageImpl.java:219)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.Bundles.install0(Bundles.java:162)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.SecurePermissionOps$14.run(SecurePermissionOps.java:737)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.SecurePermissionOps$14.run(SecurePermissionOps.java:733)
 at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.SecurePermissionOps.callInstall0(SecurePermissionOps.java:733)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.Bundles.install(Bundles.java:119)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.BundleContextImpl.installBundle(BundleContextImpl.java:125)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.Main.handleArgs(Main.java:550)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.Main.start(Main.java:224)
 at org.knopflerfish.framework.Main.main(Main.java:156)
 at org.freeplane.launcher.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:127)
 at org.freeplane.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:80)
 at org.freeplane.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:67)
Error: Command "-istart org.freeplane.core" failed, Failed to install bundle: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/share/freeplane/core/org.freeplane.core/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF (No such file or directory)

[JT (ajackofsometrades)]

I just found this thread: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeplane/+bug/1720670

They are saying this issue can be fixed by rebuilding. Well, I've never had to rebuild a package before, so I had a follow a bunch of hapzard guides for doing so, and I believe I succeeded in doing so. However, it still didn't solve the problem. Can anyone help, with a bug fix *or* with a workaround?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Felix Natter (fnatter)]

Dear users,

the problem with 1.6.6-1 is that it was built with multiple threads (dh --parallel),
which is not supported by the upstream build system.
We have already initiated a stable update in order to fix this in Ubuntu 17.10.
Thank you for your patience.

Cheers and Best Regards,
Felix

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for reporting.

As mentioned above, a stable release update was made in bug 1720670. This has been tested and verified fixes the issue, and should now be available alongside other package updates in 17.10. I've therefore marked this as a duplicate.