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I want to install mc-4.8.12 (Midnight Commander), but I get this error: 

glib-2.0 not found or version too old (must be >= 2.12)

When I search Google for a solution, I see the package libglib2.0-dev is missing. However I can't find the package for Solaris 5.10 libglib2.0-dev. Is there any other package like libglib2.0-dev for Solaris?

Bizarrely glib2.0 exists in /usr/local/include/glib-2.0 - is there any configuration I should adjust?

Gareth
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aykon
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Assuming you have sufficient privilege to install a package, you can use the OpenCSW repository. If you already have pkgutil (the OpenCSW package utility) you can get their latest version of Midnight Commander packaged for Solaris (4.8.11, as of 2014 Aug 11) with:

/opt/csw/bin/pkgutil --install mc

If you aren't already using OpenCSW, you can get Midnight Commander with:

pkgadd -d http://get.opencsw.org/now
/opt/csw/bin/pkgutil -U
/opt/csw/bin/pkgutil -y -i vim
/opt/csw/bin/pkgutil --install mc

NB, this will download and install about 80 dependent packages in /opt/csw. Here's the current OpenCSW startup procedure, with all the caveats. I haven't tried it on a clean system in a while, but I don't think adding vim is absolutely necessary.

Scott Leadley
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