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This file contains:
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- Installation instructions for GNU Midnight Commander
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- Where to get more information on GNU Midnight Commander
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- Notes about GNU Midnight Commander installation
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- Obtaining related software
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Installation instructions for GNU Midnight Commander
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The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
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various system-dependent variables used during compilation, and creates
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the makefiles. It also creates a file `config.status' that you can run
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in the future to recreate the current configuration.
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To compile this package:
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1. Configure the package for your system.
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Normally, you just `cd' to the directory containing the package's source
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code and type `./configure'. If you're using `csh' on an old version of
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SystemV, you might need to type `sh configure' instead to prevent `csh'
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from trying to execute `configure' itself. Under AIX, you may need to
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use ksh instead of sh.
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Running `configure' takes a while. While it is running, it prints some
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messages that tell what it is doing. If you don't want to see any
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messages, run `configure' with the `--quiet' option.
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To compile the package in a different directory than the one containing
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the source code, you must use a version of `make' supporting the `VPATH'
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variable, such as GNU `make'. Change to the directory where you want
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the object files and executables to go and run the `configure' script
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with the full path. If for some reason `configure' cannot find the
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source code directory, run `configure' with the option `--srcdir=DIR',
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where DIR is the directory that contains the source code.
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By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
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`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an
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installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
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option `--prefix=PATH'.
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You can specify separate installation prefixes for architecture specific
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files and architecture-independent files. If you give `configure' the
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option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use PATH as the prefix for
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installing binary programs and libraries. Data files and documentation
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will still use the regular prefix. Normally, all files are installed
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using the same prefix.
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If compiled on GNU/Linux, Midnight Commander detects if you have the gpm
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library installed. If you installed the gpm mouse library in a
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non-standard place, you will need to use the --with-gpm-mouse flag with
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the directory base where you installed the gpm package.
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`configure' recognizes the following options (the list may be
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incomplete, use `configure --help' to get the full list):
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`--help'
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Print a summary of the options to `configure' and exit.
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`--quiet'
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`--silent'
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Do not print messages saying which checks are being made.
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`--verbose'
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Print the results of the checks.
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`--version'
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Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
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script, and exit.
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`--without-edit'
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Configure GNU Midnight Commander to be compiled without the
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built-in file editor. The built-in editor is compiled in by
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default.
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`--with-ext2undel'
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On systems that use the ext2 or ext3 file system and have the
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libext2fs library available, this option adds support for
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recovering deleted files (the undel virtual file system).
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`--without-gpm-mouse'
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Use this flag to disable gpm mouse support (e.g. if you want to
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use mouse only on X terminals).
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`--with-glib12'
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Force using glib 1.2.x even if glib 2.0.x is present. Use this
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flag for testing or if you want to use the binary on systems that
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don't have glib 2.0.x installed.
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`--with-glib-static'
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Force linking against glib statically. This option is intended for
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building binaries for distribution purposes and may not work on
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some operating systems.
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`--with-mmap', `--without-mmap'
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Force using or not using the mmap function. It is currently used
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in the internal viewer. `--with-mmap' may be useful on some
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versions of AIX where the `configure' script decides that mmap is
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broken, but it's actually suitable for the internal viewer.
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`--with-subshell[=optional]', `--without-subshell'
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The subshell support is by default turned on, you can disable
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this by using the --without-subshell option. If you pass the
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=optional parameter, then the subshell support is turned off by
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default. To turn it on, specify the `-U' option to the program.
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`--without-x'
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By default, the Midnight Commander tries to connect to the X Window
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System events to query the status of the keyboard modifiers, such
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as Control, Shift and Alt, when invoked in a terminal emulator
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under X11. This is necessary (but not always sufficient) to
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recognize some optional but handy key combinations like Ctrl-Home
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and Shift-Cursor keys. Use `--without-x' if the dependency on
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X11 libraries is not desired.
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`--without-vfs'
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This option disables the Virtual File System switch code in the
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Midnight Commander and uses the standard file system calls for
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file access. If you specify this option, you won't get the
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transparent access to archives and remote directories.
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`--with-mcfs'
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This option enables mcfs - a non-standard remote filesystem
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designed specifically for the Midnight Commander. It also enables
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a server for that filesystem, mcserv. Please note that the
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implementation of mcfs is not optimized for speed. There may be
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security issues with mcserv - don't run it if you don't need it.
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`--with-samba'
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This option enables remote VFS over the SMB protocol. A stripped
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down version of samba distributed with the sources is compiled and
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linked with the mc executable. It is recommended that you install
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Samba client, since mc uses some files from Samba under certain
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conditions. Please visit http://www.samba.org/ to learn more.
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`--disable-largefile'
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This option disables support for large files (2 gigabytes and more)
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on the systems where file operations use 32-bit offsets by default,
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but support for 64-bit offsets is available. May be useful for
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slow processors and embedded systems.
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`--enable-charset'
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This option adds support for selecting character set of the text in
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the internal viewer and editor and converting it on the fly. The
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implementation of this option is currently incomplete.
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`--disable-background'
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This option disables support for background operations. Background
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operations allow to perform some tasks such as copying files in a
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separate background process. Any messages from the background
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process are forwarded to the foreground process. More advanced
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dialogs cannot be forwarded yet, so the background process uses the
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default. Background code is known to be less stable than the rest
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of the code, so you may want to disable it at the compile time.
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`--disable-netcode'
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This option disables support for networked virtual filesystems.
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It's primarily used by developers to make sure that the code would
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compile and run on operating systems that lack POSIX compatible
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network support. But you can use it is you know that you won't be
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accessing remote filesystems from GNU Midnight Commander.
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You may also tell configure which screen library you want to use with
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the Midnight Commander. The configure script will use S-Lang as
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default, and prefers an already installed S-Lang library over the
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included one, but you can override this by using the following flag
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(please note that since S-Lang is default, it is tested better than
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ncurses):
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`--with-screen={slang|mcslang|ncurses}'
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Choose the library used to manage interaction with the terminal.
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`slang' means S-Lang library already installed on the system,
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`mcslang' means S-Lang library included with the sources of
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GNU Midnight Commander, `ncurses' means ncurses library already
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installed on the system. The installed S-Lang library is used
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by default if found, otherwise the included S-Lang library is
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used.
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`--with-termcap'
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If the included S-Lang library is used, this option forces it to
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use the termcap database, as opposed to the default terminfo
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database.
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On systems that require unusual options for compilation or linking that
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the package's `configure' script does not know about, you can give
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`configure' initial values for variables by placing them in the command
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line:
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./configure CC='gcc -traditional' LIBS=-lposix
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Here are the variables that you might want to override when running
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`configure'.
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- Variable: CC
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C compiler program. The default is `gcc' if found, otherwise `cc'.
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- Variable: CFLAGS
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The default flags used to build the program.
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- Variable: INSTALL
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Program to use to install files. The default is `install' if you
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have it, `cp' otherwise.
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For these variables, any value given in the command line is added to the
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value that `configure' decides to use:
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- Variable: LIBS
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Libraries to link with, in the form `-lfoo -lbar...'.
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- Variable: LDFLAGS
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Linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a
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nonstandard directory <lib dir>
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- Variable: CPPFLAGS
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C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if you have
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headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>
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If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, we encourage
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you to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and
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mail diffs or instructions to the address given in the README so we can
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include them in the next release.
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2. Type `make' to compile the package.
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3. Type `make install' to install programs, data files, and the
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documentation. On GNU/Linux the console screen saver is installed as
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well.
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4. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the source
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directory by typing `make clean'. If you want to clean the source tree
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completely, so that it contains only those files that should be packaged
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in the archive, issue `make distclean'. If you've run configure in a
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different directory than the source tree, distclean won't remove your
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*.o and linked programs in that directory.
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5. GNU Midnight Commander allows you to stay in the last current
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directory after exiting MC. This is done with a shell function, the man
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page has more information about this.
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The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
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called `autoconf'. You only need it if you want to regenerate
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`configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
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Where to get more information on GNU Midnight Commander
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-------------------------------------------------------
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There are two mailing lists for the program:
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mc@gnome.org: Discussion on GNU Midnight Commander file manager.
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mc-devel@gnome.org: Discussion between the developers of the program.
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To subscribe to the mailing lists, visit their respective pages:
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http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc/
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http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc-devel/
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Notes about GNU Midnight Commander installation
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GNU Midnight Commander has been run in the following configurations:
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i386-*-linux
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sparc-*-linux
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alpha-*-linux
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powerpc-*-linux
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mips-dec-ultrix4.3
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mips-dec-{open,net}bsd1.0
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mips-sgi-irix5.2
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mips-sgi-irix5.3
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rs6000-ibm-aix3.2.5
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sparc-sun-sunos4.1
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sparc-sun-netbsd1.0
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sparc-sun-solaris2.3
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hppa-hp-hpux9
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hppa-hp-hpux7
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m68k-apple-aux
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mc88110-aviion-dgux5.4
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i386-*-bsdi2
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i386-*-freebsd4.3
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i386-*-openbsd2.9
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Midnight Commander is written in a portable manner and uses GNU Autoconf
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for configuration, so it is expected to compile without changes on many
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other operating systems.
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You will need an ANSI C Compiler (such as GCC) and glib library to
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compile the source. GNU Midnight Commander now comes with the S-Lang
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screen manager, a fast screen manager, but you may want to use the
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already installed S-Lang or ncurses library.
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If you insist on using ncurses, it's recommended to use ncurses 4.1 and
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above, since the older versions don't support resizing in the xterm
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window.
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GNU Midnight Commander comes with the mouse support on xterms and in the
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Linux console. In order to take advantage of the mouse support on the
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Linux console you will need the gpm mouse server (see the section
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"Obtaining related software" in this file).
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Once you get gpm, compile it and install it, then you will have to
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specify the `--with-gpm-mouse' flag to the configure program if you
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installed it in a non-standard directory. If you installed the gpm
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package under /usr or /usr/local, you don't need to specify this flag;
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configure will find gpm for you. The support for mice on xterms is
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always compiled in.
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We are working on further enhancements to the program, but we're not
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sure which ones must go first. If you would like to point us in the
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Right Direction we will be glad to hear from you (you could check the
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file TODO included with this distribution for the current projects).
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If you happen to find a feature that doesn't do what you expect, please
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write to mc@gnome.org telling as much as you can about the problem
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you're experiencing. Please don't send personal messages to the
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maintainers.
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Obtaining related software
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glib
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The only "hard" dependency of GNU Midnight Commander is glib. You can
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get glib from
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ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/
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Note that only versions 1.2.x and 2.0.x are supported. Newer versions
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may work, but haven't been tested.
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Terminal database
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There are many incomplete terminal databases out there, however, a
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complete terminfo is bundled with ncurses. (It is simple to generate
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the termcap database using the infocmp utility in ncurses).
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Some terminfo data are included with the mc distribution (lib/*.ti).
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Particularly linux, xterm and vt100. Use e.g. ''tic linux.ti'' to use
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them.
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If you want to run mc on xterm/color_xterm/ansi_xterm (not rxvt), then
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you might read lib/README.xterm for further information.
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Screen libraries
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GNU Midnight Commander can use the included version of S-Lang, but you
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can get the latest version here:
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http://www.s-lang.org/
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Alternatively, you can use ncurses:
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http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html
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Mouse support
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The general purpose mouse (gpm) daemon is available from
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ftp://arcana.linux.it/pub/gpm/
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Compiler
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--------
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If your C compiler is not powerful enough to compile GNU Midnight
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Commander, you should report is as a bug to the GNU Midnight Commander
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team. Sometimes there is no solution than upgrading to a modern and
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free compiler - GCC (Compiler Collection):
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http://gcc.gnu.org/
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