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This file contains:
- Installation instructions and notes for GNU Midnight Commander
- Installation instructions for GNU Midnight Commander
- Where to get more information on GNU Midnight Commander
- Common problems
- Information on porting the program
- Obtaining the missing pieces of GNU Midnight Commander
- Notes about GNU Midnight Commander installation
- Obtaining related software
Installation instructions for GNU Midnight Commander
----------------------------------------------------
The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
The `configure' shell script attempts to guess correct values for
various system-dependent variables used during compilation, and creates
the makefiles. It also creates a file `config.status' that you can run in
the future to recreate the current configuration.
NeXTStep users, make sure you read the "Compiling under NeXTStep" section.
the makefiles. It also creates a file `config.status' that you can run
in the future to recreate the current configuration.
To compile this package:
1. Configure the package for your system.
Normally, you just `cd' to the directory containing the package's
source code and type `./configure'. If you're using `csh' on an old
version of SystemV, you might need to type `sh configure' instead to
prevent `csh' from trying to execute `configure' itself. Under AIX, you
may need to use ksh instead of sh.
Normally, you just `cd' to the directory containing the package's source
code and type `./configure'. If you're using `csh' on an old version of
SystemV, you might need to type `sh configure' instead to prevent `csh'
from trying to execute `configure' itself. Under AIX, you may need to
use ksh instead of sh.
Running `configure' takes a while. While it is running, it
prints some messages that tell what it is doing. If you don't want to
see any messages, run `configure' with the `--quiet' option.
Running `configure' takes a while. While it is running, it prints some
messages that tell what it is doing. If you don't want to see any
messages, run `configure' with the `--quiet' option.
To compile the package in a different directory than the one containing
To compile the package in a different directory than the one containing
the source code, you must use a version of `make' supporting the `VPATH'
variable, such as GNU `make'. `cd' to the directory where you want the
object files and executables to go and run the `configure' script with the
path to it. If for some reason `configure' is not in the source code
directory that you are configuring, then it will report that it can't find
the source code. In that case, run `configure' with the option
`--srcdir=DIR', where DIR is the directory that contains the source code.
variable, such as GNU `make'. Change to the directory where you want
the object files and executables to go and run the `configure' script
with the full path. If for some reason `configure' cannot find the
source code directory, run `configure' with the option `--srcdir=DIR',
where DIR is the directory that contains the source code.
By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an installation
prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the option
`--prefix=PATH'. Alternately, you can do so by consistently giving a
value for the `prefix' variable when you run `make', e.g.,
By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
`/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. You can specify an
installation prefix other than `/usr/local' by giving `configure' the
option `--prefix=PATH'.
make prefix=/usr/gnu
make prefix=/usr/gnu install
You can specify separate installation prefixes for architecture specific
files and architecture-independent files. If you give `configure' the
option `--exec-prefix=PATH', the package will use PATH as the prefix for
installing binary programs and libraries. Data files and documentation
will still use the regular prefix. Normally, all files are installed
using the same prefix.
You can specify separate installation prefixes for architecture
specific files and architecture-independent files. If you give
`configure' the option `--exec-prefix=PATH' or set the `make' variable
`exec_prefix' to PATH, the package will use PATH as the prefix for
installing programs and libraries. Data files and documentation will
still use the regular prefix. Normally, all files are installed using the
same prefix.
If run on GNU/Linux, Midnight Commander detects if you have the gpm
If compiled on GNU/Linux, Midnight Commander detects if you have the gpm
library installed. If you installed the gpm mouse library in a
non-standard place, you will need to use the --with-gpm-mouse flag with
the directory base where you installed the gpm package.
`configure' also recognizes the following options:
`configure' recognizes the following options (the list may be
incomplete, use `configure --help' to get the full list):
`--help'
Print a summary of the options to `configure', and exit.
Print a summary of the options to `configure' and exit.
`--quiet'
`--silent'
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Print the version of Autoconf used to generate the `configure'
script, and exit.
`--with-glib2'
Look for glib 2.0 and newer. Otherwise, only glib 1.2.x will be
used. Note that you need pkgconfig installed to use this option.
`--without-edit'
Configures the program to be compiled without the built-in file
editor. The built-in editor is compiled in by default.
Configure GNU Midnight Commander to be compiled without the
built-in file editor. The built-in editor is compiled in by
default.
`--with-ext2undel[=PATH]'
On systems that use the Extended 2 file system and have the
libext2fs.a library available, this compiles into the Midnight
Commander the support code for recovering deleted files (the
undel virtual file system).
Use =PATH if libext2fs.a is installed in a non-standard place.
The configure will append `lib' and `include' to find the ext2fs
libraries and include files respectively.
On systems that use the ext2 or ext3 file system and have the
libext2fs library available, this option add support for recovering
deleted files (the undel virtual file system).
Use =PATH if libext2fs is installed in a non-standard place.
The configure will append `lib' and `include' to PATH to find the
ext2fs library and include files respectively.
`--with-gpm-mouse[=PATH]'
Use this flag if your gpm mouse package cannot be detected by the
Use this flag if the gpm mouse package cannot be detected by the
configure. Use =PATH if it is installed in a non-standard place.
The configure will append `lib' and `include' to find the libgpm.a
and gpm.h files respectively.
The configure will append `lib' and `include' to PATH to find the
gpm library and include files respectively.
`--without-gpm-mouse'
Use this flag to disable gpm mouse support (e.g. if you want to
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`--with-hsc'
Compiles support for HSC firewall into the ftp virtual file system.
Use this option with caution - it disables support for normal FTP
Use this option with caution - it disables support for standard FTP
proxies.
`--with-mmap', `--without-mmap'
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default. To turn it on, specify the `-U' option to the program.
`--with-tm-x-support'
This option enables minimal X Window support in the text edition. It
enables MC to query the status of the modifiers CONTROL and SHIFT
when invoked in a terminal emulator under X11. That's necessary
to recognize some optional but handy key combinations like Ctrl-Home
and Shift-Cursor key.
This option enables minimal support for X Window System events.
It enables MC to query the status of the keyboard modifiers, such
as Control, Shift and Alt, when invoked in a terminal emulator
under X11. This is necessary (but not always sufficient) to
recognize some optional but handy key combinations like Ctrl-Home
and Shift-Cursor keys.
`--without-vfs'
This option disables the Virtual File System switch code in the
Midnight Commander and uses the standard file system calls for
file access. If you specify this option you will not get the
transparent tar File system manipulation as well nor the
networked Midnight Commander file system.
file access. If you specify this option, you won't get the
transparent access to archives and remote directories.
`--with-mcfs'
This option enables mcfs - a non-standard remote filesystem
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`--with-samba'
This option enables remote VFS over the SMB protocol. A stripped
down version of samba distibuted with the sources is compiled and
down version of samba distributed with the sources is compiled and
linked with the mc executable. It is recommended that you install
Samba client, since mc uses some files from Samba under certain
conditions. Please visit http://www.samba.org/ to learn more.
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Midnight Commander. The configure script will use S-Lang as default, but
you can override this by using any of the following flags (please note
that S-Lang is included as part of the distribution and is tested much
better than everything else),
better than ncurses),
`--with-slang' (default)
This is used to configure the program to use the S-Lang screen
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may force using the termcap database by using the option
`--with-termcap', which also enables `--with-included-slang'.
`--with-ncurses[=directory]'
Use this flag (either with or without the =directory part), if
`--with-ncurses[=PATH]'
Use this flag (either with or without the =PATH part) if
you want to compile with ncurses instead of the default S-Lang.
Use the =directory part if your ncurses is not installed in any of the
places configure will check (/usr/include, /usr/include/ncurses,
/usr/local/include and /usr/local/include/ncurses).
The argument to this flag is the base directory where the ncurses
files are located. The configure will append lib and include to
find the libncurses.a and ncurses.h file respectively. For
example, if you have installed ncurses under /gnu/lib and
/gnu/include, you specify: --with-ncurses=/gnu
Use the =PATH part if ncurses cannot be found by the configure
script. The configure will append lib and include to PATH to find
the ncurses library and headers respectively. For example, if you
have installed ncurses under /gnu/lib and /gnu/include, you
specify `--with-ncurses=/gnu'
Run `configure --help' to see the full list of options.
On systems that require unusual options for compilation or linking that
the package's `configure' script does not know about, you can give
`configure' initial values for variables by placing them in the command
line:
On systems that require unusual options for compilation or linking
that the package's `configure' script does not know about, you can give
`configure' initial values for variables by setting them in the
environment. In Bourne-compatible shells, you can do that on the
command line like this:
./configure CC='gcc -traditional' LIBS=-lposix
CC='gcc -traditional' LIBS=-lposix ./configure
On systems that have the `env' program, you can do it like this:
env CC='gcc -traditional' LIBS=-lposix ./configure
Here are the `make' variables that you might want to override with
environment variables when running `configure'.
For these variables, any value given in the environment overrides the
value that `configure' would choose:
Here are the variables that you might want to override when running
`configure'.
- Variable: CC
C compiler program. The default is `cc'.
C compiler program. The default is `gcc' if found, otherwise `cc'.
- Variable: CFLAGS
The default flags used to build the program.
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Program to use to install files. The default is `install' if you
have it, `cp' otherwise.
For these variables, any value given in the environment is added to
the value that `configure' decides to use:
For these variables, any value given in the command line is added to the
value that `configure' decides to use:
- Variable: LIBS
Libraries to link with, in the form `-lfoo -lbar...'.
If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, we encourage
you to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and mail
diffs or instructions to the address given in the README so we can include
them in the next release.
If you need to do unusual things to compile the package, we encourage
you to figure out how `configure' could check whether to do them, and
mail diffs or instructions to the address given in the README so we can
include them in the next release.
2. Type `make' to compile the package.
3. If the package comes with self-tests and you want to run them,
type `make check'. If you're not sure whether there are any, try it;
if `make' responds with something like
make: *** No way to make target `check'. Stop.
then the package does not come with self-tests.
4. Type `make install' to install programs, data files, and the
3. Type `make install' to install programs, data files, and the
documentation. On GNU/Linux the console screen saver is installed as
well.
5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the source
4. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the source
directory by typing `make clean'. If you want to clean the source tree
completely, so that it contains only those files that should be packaged
in the archive, issue `make distclean'. If you've run configure in a
different directory than the source tree, distclean won't remove your *.o
and linked programs in that directory.
different directory than the source tree, distclean won't remove your
*.o and linked programs in that directory.
6. GNU Midnight Commander allows you to stay in the last current
5. GNU Midnight Commander allows you to stay in the last current
directory after exiting MC. This is done with a shell function, the man
page has more information about this.
The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
The file `configure.in' is used to create `configure' by a program
called `autoconf'. You only need it if you want to regenerate
`configure' using a newer version of `autoconf'.
Compiling under NeXTStep
------------------------
These instructions were provided by Gregor Hoffleit
<flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.DE>, he recommends configuring the
program like this:
export CC="cc -posix"
configure --without-subshell --with-termcap
Where to get more information on GNU Midnight Commander
-------------------------------------------------------
There are two mailing lists for the program:
mc: Discussion on GNU Midnight Commander file manager.
mc-devel: For discussion between the developers of the program.
mc@gnome.org: Discussion on GNU Midnight Commander file manager.
mc-devel@gnome.org: Discussion between the developers of the program.
to subscribe to the mailing lists, visit their respective pages:
To subscribe to the mailing lists, visit their respective pages:
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc/
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc-devel/
Notes about GNU Midnight Commander installation
------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------
GNU Midnight Commander has been run in the following configurations:
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for configuration, so it is expected to compile without changes on many
other operating systems.
You will need GNU C (or an ANSI C Compiler) and glib library version
1.2.x to compile the source. GNU Midnight Commander now comes with the
S-Lang screen manager, a fast screen manager, so don't need to worry
about screen libraries.
You will need an ANSI C Compiler (such as GCC) and glib library to
compile the source. GNU Midnight Commander now comes with the S-Lang
screen manager, a fast screen manager, but you may want to use the
already installed S-Lang or ncurses library.
If you insist on using ncurses, it's recommended to use ncurses 4.1 and
above, since the older versions don't support resizing of the xterm
above, since the older versions don't support resizing in the xterm
window.
GNU Midnight Commander comes with the mouse support on xterms and in the
Linux console. In order to take advantage of the mouse support on the
Linux console you will need the gpm mouse server (see the section
"Obtaining the missing pieces of GNU Midnight Commander" in this file).
"Obtaining related software" in this file).
Once you get the Mouse Server, compile it and install it, then you
will have to specify the `--with-gpm-mouse' flag to the configure
program if you installed it in a non-standard directory. If you
installed the gpm package under /usr or /usr/local, you don't need to
specify this flag; configure will find gpm for you. The support for
mice on xterms is always compiled in.
Once you get gpm, compile it and install it, then you will have to
specify the `--with-gpm-mouse' flag to the configure program if you
installed it in a non-standard directory. If you installed the gpm
package under /usr or /usr/local, you don't need to specify this flag;
configure will find gpm for you. The support for mice on xterms is
always compiled in.
We are working on further enhancements to the program, but we're not sure
which ones must go first. If you would like to point us in the Right
Direction we will be glad to hear from you (you could check the file TODO
included with this distribution for the current projects).
We are working on further enhancements to the program, but we're not
sure which ones must go first. If you would like to point us in the
Right Direction we will be glad to hear from you (you could check the
file TODO included with this distribution for the current projects).
If you happen to find an undocumented feature that doesn't do what you
expected, please write to mc@gnome.org telling as much as you can about
the problem you're experiencing. Please don't send personal messages to
the maintainers.
If you happen to find a feature that doesn't do what you expect, please
write to mc@gnome.org telling as much as you can about the problem
you're experiencing. Please don't send personal messages to the
maintainers.
Porting the program
-------------------
Obtaining related software
--------------------------
Random notes on porting to other architectures.
glib
----
GNU Midnight Commander uses by default the S-Lang library for handling
the display. You may want to download the latest version of S-Lang
or use a slightly modified S-Lang version 0.99.38 included with the
Midnight Commander. The included library is very stable and has been
used for years without problems. You shouldn't expect any problems
porting S-Lang to your platform.
The only "hard" dependency of GNU Midnight Commander is glib. You can
get glib from
Another possibility is to download and install ncurses on your OS.
GNU Midnight Commander can use ncurses as well as the display engine.
However, you may encounter minor differences, for instance, you will
be unable to force the color mode by giving the "-c" switch to GNU
Midnight Commander.
ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/
Note that only versions 1.2.x are fully supported. Older versions won't
even be detected. Newer versions will be detected if `--with-glib2' is
specified. Support for glib 2.0 is considered experimental.
Obtaining the missing pieces of GNU Midnight Commander
------------------------------------------------------
Terminal database
-----------------
GNU Midnight Commander will build without requiring you to get any other
software packages, however, you may be interested in enhancing the
Midnight Commander environment with some of these:
There are many incomplete terminal databases out there, however, a
complete terminfo is bundled with ncurses. (It is simple to generate
the termcap database using the infocmp utility in ncurses).
o Terminal database
There are many incomplete terminal databases out there, however, a
complete terminfo is bundled with ncurses. (It is simple to generate
the termcap database using the infocmp utility in ncurses).
Some terminfo data are included with the mc distribution (lib/*.ti).
Particularly linux, xterm and vt100. Use e.g. ''tic linux.ti'' to use
them.
Some terminfo data are included with the mc distribution (lib/*.ti).
Particularly linux, xterm and vt100. Use e.g. ''tic linux.ti'' to
use them.
If you want to run mc on xterm/color_xterm/ansi_xterm (not rxvt), then
you might read lib/README.xterm for further information.
If you want to run mc on xterm/color_xterm/ansi_xterm (not rxvt), then
you might read lib/README.xterm for further information.
Screen libraries
----------------
o GLib
GNU Midnight Commander can use the included version of S-Lang, but you
can get the latest version here:
Midnight Commander requires GLib. You can get GLib from
http://www.s-lang.org/
ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/
Alternatively, you can use ncurses:
Note that only versions 1.2.x are supported. Older versions won't
even be detected. Newer versions won't be detected either - they use a
new package system that is not supported yet by GNU Midnight Commander.
http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html
o In the past GNU Midnight Commander required the ncurses library to
build, now it's optional. You can get ncurses from
Mouse support
-------------
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses/
The general purpose mouse (gpm) daemon is available from
o The general purpose mouse (gpm) daemon is available at:
ftp://arcana.linux.it/pub/gpm/
ftp://ftp.systemy.it/pub/develop/
Compiler
--------
And the GNU Compiler Collection may be obtained from the following sites:
If your C compiler is not powerful enough to compile GNU Midnight
Commander, you should report is as a bug to the GNU Midnight Commander
team. Sometimes there is no solution than upgrading to a modern and
free compiler - GCC (Compiler Collection):
ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/releases/
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
http://gcc.gnu.org/mirrors.html
http://gcc.gnu.org/