Setup Guide for PlantUMLΒΆ

  1. Download the latest platnuml.jar here.
  2. Save the following script as plantuml (without the .sh extension) in some directory, like ~/bin.
#!/bin/sh

PLANTUML=/path/to/plantuml.jar

if [ -n "${JAVA_HOME}" ] && [ -x "${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" ] ; then
    JAVA="${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java"

elif [ -x /usr/bin/java ] ; then
    JAVA=/usr/bin/java

else
    echo Cannot find JVM
    exit 1

fi

$JAVA -jar ${PLANTUML} ${@}

  1. Finally, Add ~/bin to your PATH, with:

    $ export PATH=$PATH:~/bin

Note

Add this last command in your .bashrc in order to make it persistent.