Midnight Commander on Windows
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I would like to use Midnight Commander on Windows. I found some threads related to Cygwin enabling me to use linux software on Windows. Can anyone point me to a documentation that might help me getting started?
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I would like to use Midnight Commander on Windows. I found some threads related to Cygwin enabling me to use linux software on Windows. Can anyone point me to a documentation that might help me getting started?
Thanks!
windows cygwin console midnight-commander
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Why specifically Midnight Commander, and not something Windows-native such as Far Manager?
– grawity
Nov 16 at 8:24
Oh, didn't know that existed. Post your comment as answer and I'll approve it :) Thank you!
– FabianTe
Nov 16 at 8:28
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Far Manager paired with ConEmu is just awesome! Two open source programs kicking it.
– 0xC0000022L
Nov 16 at 9:44
If you are on Windows 10, you probably want to use WSL instead of Cygwin.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
Nov 16 at 19:54
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I would like to use Midnight Commander on Windows. I found some threads related to Cygwin enabling me to use linux software on Windows. Can anyone point me to a documentation that might help me getting started?
Thanks!
windows cygwin console midnight-commander
asked Nov 16 at 8:15
FabianTe
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I would like to use Midnight Commander on Windows. I found some threads related to Cygwin enabling me to use linux software on Windows. Can anyone point me to a documentation that might help me getting started?
Thanks!
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asked Nov 16 at 8:15
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asked Nov 16 at 8:15
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asked Nov 16 at 8:15
FabianTe
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Why specifically Midnight Commander, and not something Windows-native such as Far Manager?
– grawity
Nov 16 at 8:24
Oh, didn't know that existed. Post your comment as answer and I'll approve it :) Thank you!
– FabianTe
Nov 16 at 8:28
1
Far Manager paired with ConEmu is just awesome! Two open source programs kicking it.
– 0xC0000022L
Nov 16 at 9:44
If you are on Windows 10, you probably want to use WSL instead of Cygwin.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
Nov 16 at 19:54
add a comment |
3
Why specifically Midnight Commander, and not something Windows-native such as Far Manager?
– grawity
Nov 16 at 8:24
Oh, didn't know that existed. Post your comment as answer and I'll approve it :) Thank you!
– FabianTe
Nov 16 at 8:28
1
Far Manager paired with ConEmu is just awesome! Two open source programs kicking it.
– 0xC0000022L
Nov 16 at 9:44
If you are on Windows 10, you probably want to use WSL instead of Cygwin.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
Nov 16 at 19:54
3
3
Why specifically Midnight Commander, and not something Windows-native such as Far Manager?
– grawity
Nov 16 at 8:24
Why specifically Midnight Commander, and not something Windows-native such as Far Manager?
– grawity
Nov 16 at 8:24
Oh, didn't know that existed. Post your comment as answer and I'll approve it :) Thank you!
– FabianTe
Nov 16 at 8:28
Oh, didn't know that existed. Post your comment as answer and I'll approve it :) Thank you!
– FabianTe
Nov 16 at 8:28
1
1
Far Manager paired with ConEmu is just awesome! Two open source programs kicking it.
– 0xC0000022L
Nov 16 at 9:44
Far Manager paired with ConEmu is just awesome! Two open source programs kicking it.
– 0xC0000022L
Nov 16 at 9:44
If you are on Windows 10, you probably want to use WSL instead of Cygwin.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
Nov 16 at 19:54
If you are on Windows 10, you probably want to use WSL instead of Cygwin.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
Nov 16 at 19:54
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To install Midnight Commander via Cygwin, follow the standard instructions – starting with setup.exe (edit: fixed link) – and make sure to select the mc package. I'm not sure whether it works conveniently enough; Cygwin as a whole is somewhat of its own world.
Within Windows 10, you could also install MC through the "Windows subsystem for Linux" using regular apt install or dnf install. While that's even more isolated from the main system, it still has access to Windows files of course.
Anyway, there is generally very little reason to do so. Midnight Commander isn't unique in its functions (in fact it was originally a clone of the MS-DOS "Norton Commander"), and there exist native Windows programs which do the same thing.
You should instead check out the Wikipedia lists of NC-inspired software and other dual-pane file managers. A common choice for text-console is Far Manager, which is a fully native Win32 program but still has the same original NC look & feel. Others (TotalCmd, Salamander, etc.) tend to be fully graphical.
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To install Midnight Commander via Cygwin, follow the standard instructions – starting with setup.exe (edit: fixed link) – and make sure to select the mc package. I'm not sure whether it works conveniently enough; Cygwin as a whole is somewhat of its own world.
Within Windows 10, you could also install MC through the "Windows subsystem for Linux" using regular apt install or dnf install. While that's even more isolated from the main system, it still has access to Windows files of course.
Anyway, there is generally very little reason to do so. Midnight Commander isn't unique in its functions (in fact it was originally a clone of the MS-DOS "Norton Commander"), and there exist native Windows programs which do the same thing.
You should instead check out the Wikipedia lists of NC-inspired software and other dual-pane file managers. A common choice for text-console is Far Manager, which is a fully native Win32 program but still has the same original NC look & feel. Others (TotalCmd, Salamander, etc.) tend to be fully graphical.
answered Nov 16 at 8:48
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To install Midnight Commander via Cygwin, follow the standard instructions – starting with setup.exe (edit: fixed link) – and make sure to select the mc package. I'm not sure whether it works conveniently enough; Cygwin as a whole is somewhat of its own world.
Within Windows 10, you could also install MC through the "Windows subsystem for Linux" using regular apt install or dnf install. While that's even more isolated from the main system, it still has access to Windows files of course.
Anyway, there is generally very little reason to do so. Midnight Commander isn't unique in its functions (in fact it was originally a clone of the MS-DOS "Norton Commander"), and there exist native Windows programs which do the same thing.
You should instead check out the Wikipedia lists of NC-inspired software and other dual-pane file managers. A common choice for text-console is Far Manager, which is a fully native Win32 program but still has the same original NC look & feel. Others (TotalCmd, Salamander, etc.) tend to be fully graphical.
answered Nov 16 at 8:48
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up vote
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To install Midnight Commander via Cygwin, follow the standard instructions – starting with setup.exe (edit: fixed link) – and make sure to select the mc package. I'm not sure whether it works conveniently enough; Cygwin as a whole is somewhat of its own world.
Within Windows 10, you could also install MC through the "Windows subsystem for Linux" using regular apt install or dnf install. While that's even more isolated from the main system, it still has access to Windows files of course.
Anyway, there is generally very little reason to do so. Midnight Commander isn't unique in its functions (in fact it was originally a clone of the MS-DOS "Norton Commander"), and there exist native Windows programs which do the same thing.
You should instead check out the Wikipedia lists of NC-inspired software and other dual-pane file managers. A common choice for text-console is Far Manager, which is a fully native Win32 program but still has the same original NC look & feel. Others (TotalCmd, Salamander, etc.) tend to be fully graphical.
answered Nov 16 at 8:48
grawity
228k35481540
To install Midnight Commander via Cygwin, follow the standard instructions – starting with setup.exe (edit: fixed link) – and make sure to select the mc package. I'm not sure whether it works conveniently enough; Cygwin as a whole is somewhat of its own world.
Within Windows 10, you could also install MC through the "Windows subsystem for Linux" using regular apt install or dnf install. While that's even more isolated from the main system, it still has access to Windows files of course.
Anyway, there is generally very little reason to do so. Midnight Commander isn't unique in its functions (in fact it was originally a clone of the MS-DOS "Norton Commander"), and there exist native Windows programs which do the same thing.
You should instead check out the Wikipedia lists of NC-inspired software and other dual-pane file managers. A common choice for text-console is Far Manager, which is a fully native Win32 program but still has the same original NC look & feel. Others (TotalCmd, Salamander, etc.) tend to be fully graphical.
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Why specifically Midnight Commander, and not something Windows-native such as Far Manager?
– grawity
Nov 16 at 8:24
Oh, didn't know that existed. Post your comment as answer and I'll approve it :) Thank you!
– FabianTe
Nov 16 at 8:28
1
Far Manager paired with ConEmu is just awesome! Two open source programs kicking it.
– 0xC0000022L
Nov 16 at 9:44
If you are on Windows 10, you probably want to use WSL instead of Cygwin.
– Austin Hemmelgarn
Nov 16 at 19:54