Re: MC for 32 bit

[Felix Miata <mrmazda earthlink net>]

Larry Pouncey composed on 2019-11-12 13:22 (UTC):
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> I also used the two ftp links you gave me.mc-data_4.8.22-1_all.deb ran with no errors.
> mc_4.8.22-1_i386.deb gave the following:Error Dependency is not satisfiable libc6(>=2.28)

> I know we are not talking about mc being faulty here :-) It is actually more likely me that is faulty. > 
> However, if anyone knows how to fix this I would be so GRATEFUL.

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> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.8.22-1_i386.deb
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mc/mc-data_4.8.22-1_all.deb 

While using a GUI you can emulate MC using File Commander:
http://silk.apana.org.au/fc.html

32bit 4.8.22 works for me on Debian Buster. Maybe the following will help you:
# inxi -S
System:    Host: gx280 Kernel: 4.19.0-6-686 i686 bits: 32 Desktop: Trinity R14.0.7
Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
# dpkg-query -l | egrep -i 'mc|libc6'
ii  libc6:i386          2.28-10         i386  GNU C Library: Shared libraries
rc  libc6-i686:i386     2.24-11+deb9u3  i386  transitional dummy package
ii  libxdmcp6:i386      1:1.1.2-3       i386  X11 Display Manager Control Protocol
library
ii  libxvmc1:i386       2:1.0.10-1      i386  X11 Video extension library
ii  mc                  3:4.8.22-1      i386  Midnight Commander - a powerful file
manager
ii  mc-data             3:4.8.22-1      all   Midnight Commander - a powerful file
manager -- data files
# apt show libc6
Package: libc6
Version: 2.28-10
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: glibc
Maintainer: GNU Libc Maintainers <debian-glibc lists debian org>
Installed-Size: 11.8 MB
Provides: libc6-i686
Depends: libgcc1
Recommends: libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.5~)
Suggests: glibc-doc, debconf | debconf-2.0, libc-l10n, locales
Conflicts: libc6-i686, openrc (<< 0.27-2~)
Breaks: hurd (<< 1:0.5.git20140203-1), libtirpc1 (<< 0.2.3), locales (<< 2.28),
locales-all (<< 2.28), nocache (<< 1.1-1~), nscd (<< 2.28), r-cran-later (<<
0.7.5+dfsg-2)
Replaces: libc6-i386, libc6-i686
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/libc.html
Tag: role::shared-lib
Download-Size: 2,743 kB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main i386 Packages
Description: GNU C Library: Shared libraries
 Contains the standard libraries that are used by nearly all programs on
 the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C library
 and the standard math library, as well as many others.
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