Build xsel on CentOS

build.xsel.on.centos.sh

#!/bin/sh

set -e

# ================================================================
# << Update >>
# Running the following is enough, no need to build yourself
# sudo yum install epel-release.noarch
# sudo yum install xsel
# ================================================================

# simply run the following in your terminal
# curl -L https://git.io/XClipYum | sh
# WARNING: a directory name 'xclip' will be created in your current directory

# simply run the following in your terminal
# curl -L https://git.io/XSelYum | sh
# WARNING: In the current directory, a file named "xsel-1.2.0" will be downloaded
# and directory name 'xsel-1.2.0' will be created

# http://superuser.com/a/410740/135952
yum install -y automake autoconf git libtool
curl -OL http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/software/xsel/download/xsel-1.2.0.tar.gz
tar -xzf xsel-1.2.0.tar.gz
cd xsel-1.2.0
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make check
sudo make install
#make distclean

cd ..
set +e

Thanks for writing this up, very helpful!