rosapps/mc/doc/install.fast

   1 -*-text-*-
   2
   3 Read the INSTALL file for the complete instructions.
   4
   5    The Midnight Commander by default will use the Slang screen
   6 manager, if something fails with the Slang screen manager, you may
   7 compile the program with your system curses (You will need a SysV
   8 compatible curses, in case you don't have such, read the README file
   9 for directions on getting the ncurses package, a freely available
  10 replacement for SysV curses).
  11
  12 1. Configure the package for your system.
  13
  14    Normally, you just `cd' to the package main directory and type
  15 `./configure'.
  16
  17    The most often needed options to configure are following:
  18
  19 `--prefix=PATH'
  20         By default, `make install' will install the package's files in
  21         `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/man', etc. or to `/usr/bin',
  22         `/usr/man', etc. depending on the location of an old mc binary.
  23         If you have none in your system, default will be `/usr/local'.
  24         You can specify an installation prefix other than default by giving
  25         `configure' the option `--prefix=PATH'.
  26
  27 `--with-slang' (default)
  28         The easy way to get the Commander running: Slang is part of
  29         the distribution. This is the default screen manager, if you run
  30         configure without any --with-*curses parameter.
  31
  32 `--with-ncurses[=PATH]'
  33         Use the flag without =PATH if you want to compile with ncurses
  34         (default is in version 3.0 the SLang screen manager included
  35         in the distribution).
  36         Use this flag with =PATH part, if you want to compile with ncurses
  37         and your ncurses is not installed in any of the
  38         places configure checks (/usr/include, /usr/include/ncurses,
  39         /usr/local/include and /usr/local/include/ncurses). The
  40         configure script will append `lib' and `include' to find the
  41         libncurses.a and ncurses.h files respectively.
  42
  43 `--with-gpm-mouse[=PATH]'
  44         Use this flag if your GPM mouse package cannot be detected by the
  45         configure. Use =PATH if it is installed in a non-standard place.
  46         The configure will append `lib' and `include' to find the libgpm.a
  47         and gpm.h files respectively.
  48
  49 `--with-sco'
  50         If you are compiling on a SCO machine.
  51
  52    You may also want to specify CFLAGS for the compiler, even if it finds
  53    itself some defaults by typing e.g.
  54
  55    `CFLAGS=-O2 ./configure'
  56
  57 2. Type `make' to compile the package.
  58
  59 3. Type `make install' (as root) to install programs, data files, and
  60 documentation. If you're on a Linux system, this will install the
  61 `cons.saver' utility, which allows the Midnight Commander to save and
  62 restore the screen contents. If you're making a mc binary distribution for
  63 other people and want to tar the whole binary later, you may want to specify
  64 `make install DESTDIR=PATH', which will make PATH the root for installation
  65 (but in the installed stuff will be still stored only --prefix).
  66
  67 3a. Type `make mcfninstall' to get an interactive program check if you
  68 want to define an useful alias for the Midnight Commander.
  69
  70 4. Type `mc' and enjoy!