%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ MC MC (Midnight Commander) is a text-mode full-screen file manager and visual shell. It provides a clear, user-friendly, and somewhat protected interface to a Unix system while making many frequent file operations more efficient and preserving the full power of the command prompt. &lfs72_checked; The download site uses a self-signed security certificate. You will need to accept it as valid to get the source code. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &mc-md5sum; Download size: &mc-size; Estimated disk space required: &mc-buildsize; Estimated build time: &mc-time; MC Dependencies Required and Optional , , , , , , and User Notes: Install MC by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --enable-charset \ --disable-static \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --with-screen=ncurses && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install && cp -v doc/keybind-migration.txt /usr/share/mc --enable-charset: This option adds support to mcedit for editing files in encodings different from the one implied by the current locale. --sysconfdir=/etc: This option places the global configureation directory in /etc. --with-screen=ncurses: This option is only required if the optional package is not installed. --with-screen=(slang|ncurses): This parameter selects the screen library used by MC. is the default if found. ~/.config/mc/* ~/.config/.mc/* The ~/.config/mc directory and its contents are created when you start mc for the first time. Then you can edit the main ~/.config/mc/ini configuration file manually or through the MC shell. Consult the mc(1) man page for details. On 8.x versions of mc, keybind names used in mc.keymap.* files are changed. This is described in keybind-migration.txt. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories mc, mcdiff, mcedit, and mcview None /etc/mc, /usr/libexec/mc, /usr/share/mc, ~/.config/mc Short Descriptions cons.saver is used internally by mc for saving and restoring the text behind the panels on Linux text console. cons.saver mc is a visual shell. mc mcedit is an internal file editor. mcedit mcdiff is an internal visual diff tool. mcdiff mcview is an internal file viewer. mcview