This is the one application which I always look for in a
new installation, I'm too lazy to learn vi, and mc combined
with mcedit has always got me out of trouble, whether I
want to find, edit or change permissions of a file. Having
said that, it is still a very good idea to learn the basics
of vi because this will probably be the only editor
available when you run into problems and have to boot -s
If you have used Linux then you will be used to this
application as it is installed in most distributions.
Solaris users will need to download the source for mc, and
then run
#crle -l /usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/opt/sfw/lib:
This ensures that configure will find all the right
libraries (man crle for details)
make sure you have gcc, glib and gmake installed and
configure with
#./configure --disable-glibtest
#make
#make install
Installs to /usr/local/ by default, invoke with
#mc
I am not sure why the --disable-glibtest is required as I
had glib-config installed. Since I completed this page
Blastwave have made mc 4.6 available, this maybe the safer
option as incorrect use of crle can render your system
unbootable.