MC-4.6.0

Introduction to 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.

Package information

Download (HTTP): http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/managers/mc/mc-4.6.0.tar.gz
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de/util/shell/mc-4.6.0.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 70804dc9e2049e24f294ff7090a82a12
Download size: 3.6 MB
Estimated disk space required: 31 MB
Estimated build time: 0.45 SBU

MC dependencies

Required

GLib-1.2.10 or GLib-2.6.3

Optional

GPM-1.20.1, X (XFree86-4.4.0 or X.org-6.8.2), Samba-3.0.11, slang-1.4.9, Zip-2.31, UnZip-5.51 and GNOME Libraries-1.4.2

Installation of MC

Install MC by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Configuring MC

Config files

~/.mc/*

Configuration Information

The ~/.mc directory and its contents are created when you start mc for the first time. Then you can edit the main ~/.mc/ini configuration file manually or through the MC shell. Consult the mc(1) man page for details.

Description

mc

mc is a visual shell.

mcedit

mcedit is an internal file editor.

mcview

mcview is an internal file viewer.

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