🚀 go-pugleaf

I've just managed to install Midnight commander 3.1.2 using pkgtool.
I'm not real happy about how I achieved this but the right way is
still a mystery.


The MC archive is on the sunsite CDROM that comes with Infomagic's 6
cd Linux set of April 96.

The trans.tbl entry for MC is:

=== Cut ===
F MC-3.000;1                            mc-3.1.lsm
F MC-3.1;1                              mc-3.1.2.tar.gz
=== Cut ===

PKGTOOL didn't even recognise its existence.

ls did and recognised it in its expanded name form i.e.
mc-3.1.2.tar.gz

I could view the MC files using an older copy of MC, once again in
their expanded name form, but I couldn't copy them with cp or via the
older MC programme, which I assume tried to use cp for the copy
anyway.

I couldn't find any way under Linux to list the files with their real
names i.e.  MC-3.000    MC-3.1


I finally resorted to copying the newer MC files with DOS and then
rebooting to linux and renaming the archive to mc-3.1.2.tgz.  I was
then able to install the programme using PKGTOOL.

So what went wrong the first time?

1. My lack of linux knowledge (a likely candidate)
2. PKGTOOL was on holiday
3. A bloody stupid file naming practice


PS: This is my second attempt at getting acquainted with Linux. Stay
tuned because in a day or so, I'm launching an all out attack on
x-windows.