Compile tmux from source with /opt prefix

tmux-compile-prefix-opt.sh

#!/bin/bash

# tmux will be installed in /opt/local/bin.
# It's assumed that wget and a C/C++ compiler are installed.

# exit on error
set -e

TMUX_VERSION=1.9

# create our directories
mkdir -p /opt/local /opt/tmux_tmp
cd /opt/tmux_tmp

# download source files for tmux, libevent, and ncurses
wget -O tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz http://sourceforge.net/projects/tmux/files/tmux/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz/download
wget https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/libevent-2.0.19-stable.tar.gz
wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz

# extract files, configure, and compile

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# libevent #
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tar xvzf libevent-2.0.19-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-2.0.19-stable
./configure --prefix=/opt/local --disable-shared
make
make install
cd ..

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# ncurses  #
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tar xvzf ncurses-5.9.tar.gz
cd ncurses-5.9
./configure --prefix=/opt/local
make
make install
cd ..

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# tmux     #
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tar xvzf tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}
./configure CFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/ncurses" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/include/ncurses -L/opt/local/include"
CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/local/include -I/opt/local/include/ncurses" LDFLAGS="-static -L/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/include/ncurses -L/opt/local/lib" make
cp tmux /opt/local/bin
cd ..

# cleanup
rm -rf /opt/tmux_tmp

echo "/opt/local/bin/tmux is now available. You can optionally add /opt/local/bin to your PATH."