-*-text-*- Read the INSTALL file for the complete instructions. You need the NCurses 1.8.5 library. The Midnight Commander can also work with an older NCurses or the default System V curses library on Solaris, Irix etc., but some of the keys and screen updates will not work correctly. 1. Configure the package for your system. Normally, you just `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type `./configure'. The most often needed options to configure are following: `--prefix=PATH' 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'. `--with-ncurses=PATH' Use this flag if your ncurses is not installed in any of the places configure checks (/usr/include, /usr/include/ncurses, /usr/local/include and /usr/local/include/ncurses). The configure script will append `lib' and `include' to find the libncurses.a and ncurses.h files respectively. `--with-gpm-mouse=PATH' Use this flag if your GPM mouse package is not installed in a standard place. configure will append `lib' and `include' to find the libgpm.a and gpm.h files respectively. 2. Type `make' to compile the package. 3. Type `make install' (as root) to install programs, data files, and documentation. 3b. If you're on a Linux system, type `make install.saver' (as root) to install the `cons.saver' utility, which allows the Midnight Commander to save and restore the screen contents. 4. Type `mc' and enjoy!