This is the one application which I always look for in a new installation, I'm too lazy to learn vi, and mc combined with mcedit has always got me out of trouble, whether I want to find, edit or change permissions of a file. Having said that, it is still a very good idea to learn the basics of vi because this will probably be the only editor available when you run into problems and have to boot -s
If you have used Linux then you will be used to this application as it is installed in most distributions. Solaris users will need to download the source for mc, and then run
#crle -l /usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/opt/sfw/lib:
This ensures that configure will find all the right libraries (man crle for details)
make sure you have gcc, glib and gmake installed and configure with
#./configure --disable-glibtest
#make
#make install
Installs to /usr/local/ by default, invoke with
#mc
I am not sure why the --disable-glibtest is required as I had glib-config installed. Since I completed this page Blastwave have made mc 4.6 available, this maybe the safer option as incorrect use of crle can render your system unbootable.