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Re: Feedback on Hurd install



On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 11:20:05AM +0100,  Daniël De Kok  wrote:
> Well, after the installation I wanted to compile some programs. Aaargh, 
> compilers were missing. I instantly downloaded gcc, binutils and some 
> headers and it worked perfect (and it still does). I think the 
> compilers are really important and have to be included in the  .tar.gz 
> files (but that's my opinion).

Wrong. The tar.gz is MINIMAL in the sense that it is all you need to install
hatever you want. For some people, mutt is important, for other people X
Windows or Gnome or Gimp or Bind or ...

The base is the base is the base :)
 
> Now a little question: I compiled Midnight Commander. But I cannot gat 
> it working with colors (only B&W) and normal ASCII codes. I guess this 
> has something to do with the terminal or termcap, but I can't figure it 
> out (in Linux I used one of the tic, tac and toe programs).

Color is simply not supported.

Marcus

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