How To Install mc on CentOS 8

mc is User-friendly text console file manager and visual shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mc on CentOS 8.

What is `mc`

Midnight Commander is a visual shell much like a file manager, only with many more features. It is a text mode application, but it also includes mouse support. Midnight Commander’s best features are its ability to FTP, view tar and zip files, and to poke into RPMs for specific files.

We can use yum or dnf to install mc on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mc.

Install mc on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mc

Install mc on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install mc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mc

How To Uninstall mc on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mc

mc Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/mc
/etc/mc/edit.indent.rc
/etc/mc/filehighlight.ini
/etc/mc/mc.default.keymap
/etc/mc/mc.emacs.keymap
/etc/mc/mc.ext
/etc/mc/mc.keymap
/etc/mc/mc.menu
/etc/mc/mcedit.menu
/etc/mc/sfs.ini
/etc/profile.d/mc.csh
/etc/profile.d/mc.sh
/usr/bin/mc
/usr/bin/mcdiff
/usr/bin/mcedit
/usr/bin/mcview
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/47794f28c379f219ab80e2434c4c85bc07bb38
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/1e09281a99c65a25b9ca88e1672ab1f2897419
/usr/libexec/mc
/usr/libexec/mc/cons.saver
/usr/libexec/mc/ext.d
/usr/libexec/mc/ext.d/archive.sh
/usr/libexec/mc/ext.d/doc.sh
/usr/libexec/mc/ext.d/image.sh
/usr/libexec/mc/ext.d/misc.sh
/usr/libexec/mc/ext.d/package.sh
/usr/libexec/mc/ext.d/sound.sh
/usr/libexec/mc/ext.d/text.sh
/usr/libexec/mc/ext.d/video.sh
/usr/libexec/mc/ext.d/web.sh
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/README
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/README.extfs
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/a+
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/apt+
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/audio
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/bpp
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/changesetfs
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/deb
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/deba
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/debd
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/dpkg+
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/gitfs+
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/hp48+
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/iso9660
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/lslR
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/mailfs
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/patchfs
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/patchsetfs
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/rpm
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/rpms+
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/trpm
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/u7z
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/uace
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/ualz
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/uar
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/uarc
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/uarj
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/ucab
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/uha
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/ulha
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/ulib
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/urar
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/uzip
/usr/libexec/mc/extfs.d/uzoo
/usr/libexec/mc/fish
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/README.fish
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/append
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/chmod
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/chown
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/fexists
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/get
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/hardlink
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/info
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/ln
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/ls
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/mkdir
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/mv
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/rmdir
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/send
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/unlink
/usr/libexec/mc/fish/utime
/usr/libexec/mc/mc-wrapper.csh
/usr/libexec/mc/mc-wrapper.sh
/usr/libexec/mc/mc.csh
/usr/libexec/mc/mc.sh
/usr/share/doc/mc
/usr/share/doc/mc/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/mc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mc/README
/usr/share/licenses/mc
/usr/share/licenses/mc/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/de_CH/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr_CA/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/mn/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/szl/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/mc.mo
/usr/share/man/es/man1/mc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/hu/man1/mc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/it/man1/mc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mcedit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mcview.1.gz
/usr/share/man/pl/man1/mc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/ru/man1/mc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/sr/man1/mc.1.gz
/usr/share/mc
/usr/share/mc/examples
/usr/share/mc/examples/macros.d
/usr/share/mc/examples/macros.d/macro.0.sh
/usr/share/mc/examples/macros.d/macro.1.sh
/usr/share/mc/examples/macros.d/macro.3.sh
/usr/share/mc/examples/macros.d/macro.4.sh
/usr/share/mc/examples/macros.d/macro.5.sh
/usr/share/mc/examples/macros.d/macro.6.sh
/usr/share/mc/examples/macros.d/macro.7.sh
/usr/share/mc/help
/usr/share/mc/help/mc.hlp
/usr/share/mc/help/mc.hlp.es
/usr/share/mc/help/mc.hlp.hu
/usr/share/mc/help/mc.hlp.it
/usr/share/mc/help/mc.hlp.pl
/usr/share/mc/help/mc.hlp.ru
/usr/share/mc/help/mc.hlp.sr
/usr/share/mc/hints
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.af
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.ar
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.az
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.be
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.bg
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.ca
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.cs
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.da
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.de
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.de_CH
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.el
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.en_GB
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.eo
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.es
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.et
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.eu
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.fa
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.fi
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.fr
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.fr_CA
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.gl
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.hr
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.hu
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.ia
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.id
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.it
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.it_IT
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.ja
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.ka
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.kk
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.ko
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.lt
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.nl
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.pl
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.pt
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.pt_BR
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.ro
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.ru
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.sk
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.sl
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.sr
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.sv
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.sv_SE
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.szl
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.te
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.tr
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.uk
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.uz
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.zh
/usr/share/mc/hints/mc.hint.zh_CN
/usr/share/mc/mc.charsets
/usr/share/mc/mc.lib
/usr/share/mc/skins
/usr/share/mc/skins/dark.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/darkfar.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/default.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/double-lines.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/featured.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/gotar.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/gray-green-purple256.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/gray-orange-blue256.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/mc46.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/modarcon16-defbg.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/modarcon16.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/modarcon16root-defbg.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/modarcon16root.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/modarin256-defbg.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/modarin256.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/modarin256root-defbg.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/modarin256root.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/nicedark.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/sand256.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/seasons-autumn16M.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/seasons-spring16M.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/seasons-summer16M.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/seasons-winter16M.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/xoria256.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/yadt256-defbg.ini
/usr/share/mc/skins/yadt256.ini
/usr/share/mc/syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/PKGBUILD.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/Syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/ada95.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/as.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/aspx.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/assembler.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/awk.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/c.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/cabal.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/changelog.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/cmake.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/cs.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/css.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/cuda.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/cxx.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/cython.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/d.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/debian-changelog.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/debian-control.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/debian-description.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/debian-sources-list.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/diff.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/dlink.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/dos.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/ebuild.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/eiffel.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/erlang.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/f90.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/filehighlight.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/fortran.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/glsl.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/go.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/haskell.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/html.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/idl.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/ini.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/j.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/jal.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/java.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/js.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/latex.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/lisp.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/lkr.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/lsm.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/lua.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/m4.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/mail.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/makefile.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/ml.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/named.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/nemerle.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/nroff.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/octave.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/opencl.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/osl.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/pascal.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/perl.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/php.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/po.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/povray.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/procmail.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/properties.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/puppet.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/python.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/r.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/ruby.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/sh.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/slang.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/smalltalk.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/spec.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/sql.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/strace.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/swig.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/syntax.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/tcl.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/texinfo.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/tt.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/unknown.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/verilog.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/vhdl.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/xml.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/yaml.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/yum-repo.syntax
/usr/share/mc/syntax/yxx.syntax

References

mc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mc on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.