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    • B
      Balanga
      last edited by

      I'm really lost without mc. I tried to run pkg install mc but that didn't work. What else can I try?

      I notice that mc has no been included in the core build of FreeNAS which is nice. Maybe the folks at pfSense could do the same…

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Granted I never did sip the Midnight Commander kool-aid so my exposure is minimal, but what about it is so important that you'd need it on a firewall?

        With X11 support disabled its dependencies don't appear to be too bad, so there's a chance we could maybe make it available in our pkg repository.

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          kpa
          last edited by

          It's supposedly an easy to use file manager (for being an ncurses application) but since there are better ones like Filezilla, WinSCP and others that can use an SFTP connection and offer a proper GUI on your workstation I don't see why you would want to install it on pfSense.

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            Yeah, I've used it a little here and there, and just reinstalled it to check how it runs and what dependencies the package ends up using. It's nice, sure, but I'm not convinced it belongs on a firewall but perhaps I'm overlooking a potential use case that isn't obvious since I don't use it.

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              Balanga
              last edited by

              @jimp:

              Granted I never did sip the Midnight Commander kool-aid so my exposure is minimal, but what about it is so important that you'd need it on a firewall?

              With X11 support disabled its dependencies don't appear to be too bad, so there's a chance we could maybe make it available in our pkg repository.

              When I don't have access to Midnight Commander at the console it's very tiresome looking around the system to see what's going on - constant cd  dir cd dir and then you misspell one of those unrememberable long file names.  With MC you just need to use the arrow keys and enter, and it has a built in editor and viewer, as well as 1000's of other features most of which I have even tried.

              Please, please, please make it available as a pkg. It is so useful that Freenas now has it built in to the base build.

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                Balanga
                last edited by

                Any update about having Midnight Commander available as an installable pkg?

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                  kobzar
                  last edited by

                  why are you wont do it manual?

                  pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/xproto-7.0.28.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/kbproto-1.0.7.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libXdmcp-1.1.2.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libpthread-stubs-...
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libXau-1.0.8_3.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libxcb-1.11.1.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libX11-1.6.3,1.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/png-1.6.20.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libslang2-2.3.0.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/xextproto-7.3.0.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libXext-1.3.3_1,1...

pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/mc-4.8.15.txz

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                    Nullity
                    last edited by

                    @Balanga:

                    When I don't have access to Midnight Commander at the console it's very tiresome looking around the system to see what's going on - constant cd  dir cd dir and then you misspell one of those unrememberable long file names.  With MC you just need to use the arrow keys and enter, and it has a built in editor and viewer, as well as 1000's of other features most of which I have even tried.

                    Please, please, please make it available as a pkg. It is so useful that Freenas now has it built in to the base build.

                    Use the "Tab" key to auto-complete directories & filenames.

                    Please correct any obvious misinformation in my posts.
                    -Not a professional; an arrogant ignoramous.

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                      pfBasic Banned
                      last edited by

                      Have you asked here?

                      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=6.550

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                        Balanga
                        last edited by

                        @kobzar:

                        why are you wont do it manual?

                        pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/xproto-7.0.28.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/kbproto-1.0.7.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libXdmcp-1.1.2.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libpthread-stubs-...
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libXau-1.0.8_3.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libxcb-1.11.1.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libX11-1.6.3,1.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/png-1.6.20.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libslang2-2.3.0.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/xextproto-7.3.0.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/libXext-1.3.3_1,1...

pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:10:x86:64/release_3/All/mc-4.8.15.txz

                        Thanks for the list. Unfortunately two of these items are truncated, but I managed to figure out what they were, although there are a couple of dependencies missing… I have got mc installed though.

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                          dgcom
                          last edited by

                          For people who used to certain tools, they become essential.
                          You can't compare mc to any other - Winscp is clumsy and not too keyboard oriented.
                          Using ls and tab for directory competition? Good at times, but full ncurses file manager is way better.

                          Many other BSD/Linux distros now include it by default and it should be either part of pfSense or one of the available packages.

                          That and nano editor as well.

                          Installing manually may work, but may also break with upgrades…

                          DG

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                            pfBasic Banned
                            last edited by

                            +1. I don't know what the technical or security implications (if any) would be, but this does seem like it would be a nice to have package for pfSense. It would make it more accessible.

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                            • ssbarneaS
                              ssbarnea
                              last edited by

                              Is there a better place to register requests for adding packages like mc (midnightcommander) on pfsense.

                              Somehow I find that adding comments to a single forum thread named package whishlist as useful as sending them to /dev/null. Nobody sane would be able to watch a thread like this and also if people would want to work on addresing this, they would not be able join efforts.

                              Isn't better to use a bug tracker for this? How about https://redmine.pfsense.org/projects/pfsense-packages/ ?

                              For the moment this worked on pfsense-2.4.1:

                              pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:11:x86:64/latest/All/libslang2-2.3.1_1.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/freebsd:11:x86:64/latest/All/mc-4.8.19_3.txz
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                                stilez
                                last edited by

                                @ssbarnea:

                                Is there a better place to register requests for adding packages like mc (midnightcommander) on pfsense.
                                Somehow I find that adding comments to a single forum thread named package whishlist as useful as sending them to /dev/null.

                                This wouldn't be a "package" in the sense of a pfsense-GUI addon. It's a FreeBSD port that you want included in the build script. For that, a feature/enhancement request on the pfsense bug+feature tracker (redmine.pfsense.org) is probably the way to go. It's not a big thing to include a ported pkg and won't disrupt the builds to do so, so if there's a reasonable case for it (which there probably is: it's generally useful!), the devs might well do so.

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                                  Balanga
                                  last edited by

                                  I'm trying to set up pfSense (2.3.5-RELEASE (i386)) on a ThinkPad T60 for test purposes and have come across a thread I started over a year ago, and wondered if there is a simple way to install Midnight Commander on pfSense yet…

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                                    cmbc
                                    last edited by

                                    Tested of pfSense 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3

                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/png-1.6.34.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libslang2-2.3.1_3.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/kbproto-1.0.7.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/xproto-7.0.31.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libXau-1.0.8_3.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libXdmcp-1.1.2.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libpthread-stubs-0.4.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libxcb-1.12_2.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libX11-1.6.5,1.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/xextproto-7.3.0.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libXext-1.3.3_1,1.txz
                                    pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/mc-4.8.20_2.txz
                                    /usr/local/bin/mc

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      I don't see a feature request open for this yet. https://redmine.pfsense.org/

                                      Steve

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                                        tristangrimaux
                                        last edited by

                                        Tested on pfSense 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3
                                        Packages to install (Cmbc's answer is missing libssh2 pkg)

                                        pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/png-1.6.34.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libslang2-2.3.1_3.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/kbproto-1.0.7.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/xproto-7.0.31.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libXau-1.0.8_3.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libXdmcp-1.1.2.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libpthread-stubs-0.4.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libxcb-1.12_2.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libX11-1.6.5,1.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/xextproto-7.3.0.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libXext-1.3.3_1,1.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libssh2-1.8.0,3.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/mc-4.8.20_2.txz

                                        Then to have a proper shell in mc, execute this

                                        mv /usr/local/bin/mc /usr/local/bin/mc.real
echo 'sh -c "export SHELL=/bin/tcsh ; /usr/local/libexec/mc/mc-wrapper.sh"' > /usr/local/libexec/mc/mc
chmod +x /usr/local/libexec/mc/mc
sed -i.bak 's;/usr/local/bin/mc -P;/usr/local/bin/mc.real -P;' /usr/local/libexec/mc/mc-wrapper.sh
ln -s /usr/local/libexec/mc/mc /usr/local/bin/mc
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                                        • K
                                          KARLAGIN
                                          last edited by

                                          Tested on 2.4.5-RELEASE

                                          pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/png-1.6.34.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libslang2-2.3.1_3.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/kbproto-1.0.7.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/xproto-7.0.31.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libXau-1.0.8_3.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libXdmcp-1.1.2.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libpthread-stubs-0.4.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libxcb-1.12_2.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libX11-1.6.5,1.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/xextproto-7.3.0.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libXext-1.3.3_1,1.txz
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/libssh2-1.8.0,3.txz
pkg install python27
pkg add http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:11:amd64/release_2/All/mc-4.8.20_2.txz

                                          mv /usr/local/bin/mc /usr/local/bin/mc.real
echo 'sh -c "export SHELL=/bin/tcsh ; /usr/local/libexec/mc/mc-wrapper.sh"' > /usr/local/libexec/mc/mc
chmod +x /usr/local/libexec/mc/mc
sed -i.bak 's;/usr/local/bin/mc -P;/usr/local/bin/mc.real -P;' /usr/local/libexec/mc/mc-wrapper.sh
ln -s /usr/local/libexec/mc/mc /usr/local/bin/mc

                                          Google help you

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                                          • GertjanG
                                            Gertjan @KARLAGIN
                                            last edited by Gertjan

                                            @KARLAGIN said in How can I install Midnight Commander on pfSense?:

                                            Tested on 2.4.5-RELEASE

                                            That's old ......
                                            p1 is there ;)

                                            edit : with another FreeBSD kernel version, so other ? libs etc.

                                            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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