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/bin.
# It's assumed that wget and a C/C++ compiler are installed.

# exit on error
set -e

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

# specify versions, updated 12/12/12
tmux="tmux-1.7"
libevent="libevent-2.0.21-stable"
ncurses="ncurses-5.9"

# download source files for tmux, libevent, and ncurses
wget -O "$tmux.tar.gz" "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tmux/$tmux.tar.gz"
wget -O "$libevent.tar.gz" "https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/$libevent.tar.gz"
wget -O "$ncurses.tar.gz" "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/$ncurses.tar.gz"


# extract files, configure, and compile

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

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# ncurses  #
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tar xvzf "$ncurses.tar.gz"
cd "$ncurses"
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install
cd ..

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

# cleanup
rm -rf $HOME/tmux_tmp

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