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Lamotkin AT softhome.net wrote:
>
> ftp://dl.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/slackware/slackware-7.1/slakware/ap1/mc.tgz
> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/baslinux/bl3-21.zip 

That version of mc requires glibc2.  BL3 uses libc5, a completely 
different library.  Although BL3 can use kernels and modules from 
Slackware 7.1, it can't use the packages (in the /slakware directory).  
Packages for libc5 can be found in Slackware 3 or 4.

> I looked inside "mc" and saw it requires '/lib/ld-linux.so.2' 
> which is not installed on the system.  Where can I get this 
> masterpiece 

That is part of the glibc2 library.  You will need more than
that to run that particular version of mc.  

> Sindi said she got "mini-mc" working on BL2 and proposed me 
> to search it over the i-net. I failed. Do you know a link? 

Perhaps Sindi was referring to the mini-mc package for BL1 
(BL1 uses the same library as BL3).  Click on the BL1 link 
(at the bottom of the BasicLinux homepage).   

I think somebody tried the BL1 mini-mc and found it worked OK 
on BL3.  However, if you want a more complete mc, you can install 
the mc package from Slackware 3 or 4.  However, you might need 
to install an additional package or two to get that mc to work.  
IIRC that mc requires the gpm mouse package.

Cheers,
Steven