On 22 Jan 2003 06:25:14 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 04:48, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
> > Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 00:02, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
> > >
> > >>Hi,
> > >>
> > >>Is GMC available on MDK 9.0 software control centre?
> > >
> > >
> > > As in "Gnome Midnight Commander" ?
> > Yep.
> >
> > It was THE file manager I have got used to after coming from a
> > windows environment. Someone commented that it is not in MDK 9.0 and
> > suggested nautilus, which I really DON'T like. Asides from the cli
> > version of mc could I download and install the one on TUCOWS Linux
> > or can I can kiss a useful app goodbye?
> >
>
> Well, I was able to compile and install it whilst running Gnome 1.4+ -
> I still have the tarball - I know it's still out there - just have to
> dig for it - and I do recall that the "home page" for it was very very
> plain and bland - but worked like a charm. Also used it under
> Enlightenment as it provided a "desktop" for me to have folders and
> files - and is fast...if you can't find it anywhere I'll copy it to a
> website I got and point you to the URL...
I will repeat gmc was a part of the gnome project.
It was discontinued with the release of gnome 2.0
Even should you find an old source it will neither build nor run with
gnome 2.0 meaning that it can not work on 9.0.
The latest Mandrake on which you can have/use gmc is 8.2
Charles
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