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Lamotkin AT softhome.net wrote:
>
> I'm trying to install Midnight Commander, it will make me feel
> comfortable just like I do with Volkov Commander on my DOS system.
> I've downloaded MC, 

Which mc package did you download?

> ran "pkg mc.tgz", seen the package being extracted, then issued 
> "mc". Oops! The shell said "-sh: mc : not found". 

Perhaps a missing library?

> I verified that "mc" executable does exist in the /usr/bin 
> directory.

What does the following say:
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ldd /usr/bin/mc
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> (I've also installed spreadsheet app "sc" the same way. 
> It works just fine!)

I assume you got sc from the BL3 add-ons (which all work on BL3), 
but mc is not there.  Where did you get it?

> I noticed there are three shell "instances" running on this 
> system. Each of them can be accessed by Alt+F1/2/3.  Was it 
> made deliberately or is it a "bug"? 

It is standard in Linux to have several virtual terminals
available on those keys.  If you don't want them, you can
turn them off in /etc/inittab.  

Cheers,
Steven