bash script for installing tmux without root access

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

TMUX_VERSION=2.0

# create our directories
cd $HOME/source

# download source files for tmux, libevent, and ncurses
wget https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/${TMUX_VERSION}/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
wget https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
wget ftp://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
rm libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-2.0.22-stable
./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local --disable-shared
make
make install
cd ..

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# ncurses  #
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tar xvzf ncurses-6.0.tar.gz
rm ncurses-6.0.tar.gz
cd ncurses-6.0
./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local
make
make install
cd ..

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# tmux     #
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tar xvzf tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
rm tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}
./configure --prefix=$HOME/.local 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
make install
cd ..