Script to install tmux 2.3 (non-root)

tmux_local_install.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script for installing tmux on systems where you don't have root access.
# tmux will be installed in $HOME/local/x86/bin.
# It's assumed that wget and a C/C++ compiler are installed.

# exit on error
set -e

TMUX_VERSION=2.3

# create our directories
mkdir -p $HOME/local/x86 $HOME/tmux_tmp
cd $HOME/tmux_tmp

# download source files for tmux, libevent, and ncurses
wget https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/2.3/tmux-2.3.tar.gz
wget https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-2.0.22-stable/libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.0.tar.gz

# extract files, configure, and compile

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# libevent #
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tar xvzf libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-2.0.22-stable
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/x86 --disable-shared
make
make install
cd ..

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# ncurses  #
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tar xvzf ncurses-6.0.tar.gz
cd ncurses-6.0
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local/x86
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$HOME/local/x86/include -I$HOME/local/x86/include/ncurses" LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/local/x86/lib -L$HOME/local/x86/include/ncurses -L$HOME/local/x86/include"
CPPFLAGS="-I$HOME/local/x86/include -I$HOME/local/x86/include/ncurses" LDFLAGS="-static -L$HOME/local/x86/include -L$HOME/local/x86/include/ncurses -L$HOME/local/x86/lib" make
cp tmux $HOME/local/x86/bin
cd ..

# cleanup
rm -rf $HOME/tmux_tmp

echo "$HOME/local/x86/bin/tmux is now available. You can optionally add $HOME/local/x86/bin to your PATH."

Makefile:962: recipe for target '../objects/lib_gen.o' failed
make[1]: *** [../objects/lib_gen.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/livc/tmux_tmp/ncurses-6.0/ncurses'
Makefile:113: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2