CmapTools is a software application provided by the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. Here is a link to CmapTools: http://cmap.ihmc.us/conceptmap.htm.
Installing CmapTools does require Sun Microsystems Java, which is not open source (but it is free to distribute). This does stray a bit from my original plan of using all open source software. However, this software will not be utilized in any functional manner, only in a descriptive manner, i.e. making visual mappings of thought for planning purposes. I chose CmapTools over some other open source mindmapping projects because of the ability to verbally describe the relationship between elements of each map.
Downloading the software is easy enough, but configuring it to work on Ubuntu is a bit tricky. First, the permissions of the downloaded .bin file will need to be changed.
(1) Open terminal and type:
chmod 755 LinuxCmapTools_v5.03_04-07-09.bin
LinuxCmapTools_v5.03_04-07-09.bin being the version of the file I downloaded.
(2) Then, execute the command from terminal:
./LinuxCmapTools_v5.03_04-07-09.bin
(3) CmapTools conflicts with Compiz/Beryl. Visual desktop effects will have to be disabled by doing the following:
System -> Preferences -> Appearance -> Click on the 'Visual Effects' tab -> select none
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