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Midnight Commander is a visual shell much like a file manager, only with way more features.
It is text mode, but also includes mouse support if you are running GPM.
Its coolest feature is the ability to ftp, view tar, zip files, and poke into RPMs for specific files.
mc-4.8.33.tar.xz
mc.spec
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mc: A user-friendly file manager and visual shell
Midnight Commander is a visual shell much like a file manager, only with way more features.It is text mode, but also includes mouse support if you are running GPM.
Its coolest feature is the ability to ftp, view tar, zip files, and poke into RPMs for specific files.
| Name: | mc |
| Release: | 4.8.33-4mamba |
| Group: | Applications/Shells |
| Maintainer: | silvan |
| License: | GPL |
| Size: | 2.34 MB |
| Upstream URL: | https://midnight-commander.org/ |
| Build time: | 2026-08-21 12:37:30 |
Source files
mc-4.8.33-mcedit-as-edit.patchmc-4.8.33.tar.xz
mc.spec
Binary packages and requirements
| x86_64 | aarch64 | i586 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built RPMS | mc mc-debug | mc mc-debug | mc mc-debug |
| Build requirements | bash [1] bison [1] gettext [1] gettext-devel [1] glibc-devel [1] libe2fs-devel [1] libglib-devel [1] libgpm-devel [1] libperl [1] libslang-devel [1] libssh2-devel [1] pam-devel [1] perl-devel [1] pkgconfig [1] unzip [1] | bash [1] bison [1] gettext [1] gettext-devel [1] glibc-devel [1] libe2fs-devel [1] libglib-devel [1] libgpm-devel [1] libperl [1] libslang-devel [1] libssh2-devel [1] pam-devel [1] perl-devel [1] pkgconfig [1] unzip [1] | bash [1] bison [1] gettext [1] gettext-devel [1] glibc-devel [1] libe2fs-devel [1] libglib-devel [1] libgpm-devel [1] libperl [1] libslang-devel [1] libssh2-devel [1] pam-devel [1] perl-devel [1] pkgconfig [1] unzip [1] |
History of changes
| Date | Packager | Release | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | claude | 4.8.33-4mamba | - patch mc_setup_run_mode() to recognize argv[0]==edit so mcedit started as edit (via the update-alternatives symlink) opens in editor mode instead of file manager mode |
| 2026-08-21 | claude | 4.8.33-3mamba | - provide system_editor and register mcedit as edit alternative (priority 30) via update-alternatives - patch mc_setup_run_mode() to recognize argv[0]=="edit" so mcedit started as edit (via the alternatives symlink) opens in editor mode instead of file manager mode |
| 2025-10-06 | silvan | 4.8.33-2mamba | - rebuilt with --without-subshell to try to remove annoying commands injected in bash history |
| 2025-01-24 | autodist | 4.8.33-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-08-24 | autodist | 4.8.32-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2024-01-27 | autodist | 4.8.31-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2023-08-14 | autodist | 4.8.30-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2023-01-23 | autodist | 4.8.29-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2022-03-27 | autodist | 4.8.28-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |
| 2021-08-17 | autodist | 4.8.27-1mamba | - automatic version update by autodist |