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68 lines
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-*-text-*-
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Read the INSTALL file for the complete instructions.
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The Midnight Commander by default will use the Slang screen
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manager, if something fails with the Slang screen manager, you may
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compile the program with your system curses (You will need a SysV
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compatible curses, in case you don't have such, read the README file
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for directions on getting the ncurses package, a freely available
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replacement for SysV curses).
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1. Configure the package for your system.
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Normally, you just `cd' to the package main directory and type
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`./configure'.
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The most often needed options to configure are following:
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`--prefix=PATH'
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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. or to `/usr/bin',
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`/usr/man', etc. depending on the location of an old mc binary.
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If you have none in your system, default will be `/usr/local'.
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You can specify an installation prefix other than default by giving
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`configure' the option `--prefix=PATH'.
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`--with-slang' (default)
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The easy way to get the Commander running: Slang is part of
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the distribution. This is the default screen manager, if you run
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configure without any --with-*curses parameter.
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`--with-ncurses[=PATH]'
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Use the flag without =PATH if you want to compile with ncurses
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(default is in version 3.0 the SLang screen manager included
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in the distribution).
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Use this flag with =PATH part, if you want to compile with ncurses
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and your ncurses is not installed in any of the
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places configure checks (/usr/include, /usr/include/ncurses,
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/usr/local/include and /usr/local/include/ncurses). The
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configure script will append `lib' and `include' to find the
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libncurses.a and ncurses.h files respectively.
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`--with-gpm-mouse[=PATH]'
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Use this flag if your GPM mouse package cannot be detected by the
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configure. Use =PATH if it is installed in a non-standard place.
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The configure will append `lib' and `include' to find the libgpm.a
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and gpm.h files respectively.
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You may also want to specify CFLAGS for the compiler, even if it finds
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itself some defaults by typing e.g.
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`CFLAGS=-O2 ./configure'
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2. Type `make' to compile the package.
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3. Type `make install' (as root) to install programs, data files, and
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documentation. If you're on a Linux system, this will install the
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`cons.saver' utility, which allows the Midnight Commander to save and
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restore the screen contents. If you're making a mc binary distribution for
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other people and want to tar the whole binary later, you may want to specify
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`make install DESTDIR=PATH', which will make PATH the root for installation
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(but in the installed stuff will be still stored only --prefix).
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3a. Type `make mcfninstall' to get an interactive program check if you
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want to define an useful alias for the Midnight Commander.
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4. Type `mc' and enjoy!
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