[52d29f7] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[52d29f7] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[2571cae1] | 7 | <!ENTITY mc-download-http "http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/managers/mc/mc-&mc-version;.tar.gz">
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[3cd5c69] | 8 | <!ENTITY mc-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de/util/shell/mc-&mc-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY mc-md5sum "18b20db6e40480a53bac2870c56fc3c4">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY mc-size "3.8 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY mc-buildsize "29 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY mc-time "0.4 SBU">
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[52d29f7] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[2082ebf6] | 15 | <sect1 id="mc" xreflabel="MC-&mc-version;">
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[2571cae1] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="mc.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[56762b82] | 21 | <keywordset>
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| 22 | <keyword role="package">mc-&mc-version;.tar</keyword>
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[22ac237] | 23 | <keyword role="ftpdir">mc</keyword>
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[56762b82] | 24 | </keywordset>
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[2571cae1] | 25 | </sect1info>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <title>MC-&mc-version;</title>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <indexterm zone="mc">
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| 30 | <primary sortas="a-MC">MC</primary>
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| 31 | </indexterm>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 34 | <title>Introduction to MC</title>
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| 35 |
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[539ace5] | 36 | <para><application>MC</application> (Midnight Commander) is a text-mode
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[3cd5c69] | 37 | full-screen file manager and visual shell. It provides a clear,
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| 38 | user-friendly, and somewhat protected interface to a Unix system while
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| 39 | making many frequent file operations more efficient and preserving the
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| 40 | full power of the command prompt.</para>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <caution>
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| 43 | <para>The <application>MC</application> package has some issues when
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| 44 | used in a UTF-8 based locale. For a full explanation of the issues, see
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| 45 | the <xref linkend="locale-mc"/> section of the
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| 46 | <xref linkend="locale-issues"/>.</para>
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| 47 | </caution>
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[2571cae1] | 48 |
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| 49 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 50 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mc-download-http;"/></para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mc-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | <listitem>
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| 58 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mc-md5sum;</para>
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| 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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| 61 | <para>Download size: &mc-size;</para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mc-buildsize;</para>
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| 65 | </listitem>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>Estimated build time: &mc-time;</para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | </itemizedlist>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MC Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[3cd5c69] | 74 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="GLib"/> or
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| 75 | <xref linkend="glib2"/></para>
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[2571cae1] | 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[56762b82] | 78 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="gpm"/>,
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[e77976f] | 79 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
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[2571cae1] | 80 | <xref linkend="samba3"/>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="slang"/>,
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| 82 | <xref linkend="zip"/>,
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[3cd5c69] | 83 | <xref linkend="unzip"/>, and
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[2571cae1] | 84 | <xref linkend="gnome-libs"/></para>
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| 85 |
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[1039de3] | 86 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[6c42d4e] | 87 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/MC"/></para>
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[1039de3] | 88 |
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[2571cae1] | 89 | </sect2>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 92 | <title>Installation of MC</title>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <para>Install <application>MC</application> by
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| 95 | running the following commands:</para>
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| 96 |
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| 97 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[7f78b6f] | 98 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 99 |
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[b4054a8] | 100 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[bccbdaea] | 101 |
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[7f78b6f] | 102 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[2571cae1] | 105 |
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| 106 | </sect2>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 109 | <title>Configuring MC</title>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <sect3 id="mc-config">
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| 112 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <para><filename>~/.mc/*</filename></para>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <indexterm zone="mc mc-config">
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| 117 | <primary sortas="e-AA..mc/*">~/..mc/*</primary>
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| 118 | </indexterm>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | </sect3>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <sect3>
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| 123 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 124 |
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| 125 | <para>The <filename class="directory">~/.mc</filename> directory and
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| 126 | its contents are created when you start <command>mc</command> for the
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[0619e6d] | 127 | first time. Then you can edit the main <filename>~/.mc/ini</filename>
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| 128 | configuration file manually or through the <application>MC</application>
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[2571cae1] | 129 | shell. Consult the mc(1) man page for details.</para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | </sect3>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | </sect2>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 136 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <segmentedlist>
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| 139 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 140 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 141 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <seglistitem>
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| 144 | <seg>mc, mcedit, mcmfmt, and mcview</seg>
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| 145 | <seg>None</seg>
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[b4054a8] | 146 | <seg>/usr/share/mc and /usr/lib/mc</seg>
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[2571cae1] | 147 | </seglistitem>
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| 148 | </segmentedlist>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <variablelist>
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| 151 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 152 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 153 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="mc-prog">
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| 156 | <term><command>mc</command></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>is a visual shell.</para>
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="mc mc-prog">
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| 160 | <primary sortas="b-mc">mc</primary>
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| 161 | </indexterm>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 | </varlistentry>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <varlistentry id="mcedit">
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| 166 | <term><command>mcedit</command></term>
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| 167 | <listitem>
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| 168 | <para>is an internal file editor.</para>
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="mc mcedit">
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| 170 | <primary sortas="b-mcedit">mcedit</primary>
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| 171 | </indexterm>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <varlistentry id="mcview">
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| 176 | <term><command>mcview</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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| 178 | <para>is an internal file viewer.</para>
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| 179 | <indexterm zone="mc mcview">
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| 180 | <primary sortas="b-mcview">mcview</primary>
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| 181 | </indexterm>
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| 182 | </listitem>
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| 183 | </varlistentry>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | </variablelist>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | </sect2>
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[2082ebf6] | 188 |
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| 189 | </sect1>
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