Install tmux from source on Linux Mint 18.3

install_tmux.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Install TMUX from source on Linux Mint 19

set -e

# Configure
VERSION=2.8
ROOT=~/code-open-source
FILE="tmux-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
DIR="tmux-${VERSION}"
URL="https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/${VERSION}/${FILE}"

# Install dependencies
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libevent-dev
sudo apt-get install libncurses-dev

# Remove previous
mkdir -p "${ROOT}"
cd "${ROOT}"
test -f "${DIR}" && rm -Rf "${DIR}"
test -f "${FILE}" && rm -f "${FILE}"

# Get tmux source
wget -O "${FILE}" "${URL}"
tar -zvxf "${FILE}";
cd ${DIR}

# Install
./configure
make
sudo make install

# test
tmux -V