Installing Tmux on Dreamhost tmux dreamhost

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Based on this: http://blennd.com/post/the-pains-of-installing-tmux-on-a-shared-server/

Prerequisities

• gcc
• wget

Installs

• tmux - 1.8 (latest stable)
• libevent - 2.0.21 (latest stable)

How to install

curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jamesfrank/ee1d415d96902c754b4824734084180a/raw/1b1aab3aac91ac120d13720ac5a31aad2c13173d/install.sh | bash -e

install.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Based on this: http://blennd.com/post/the-pains-of-installing-tmux-on-a-shared-server/
# Script forked from https://gist.github.com/shime/5706655/

# Script for installing tmux and dependencies.
# tmux will be executable from  ~/local/lib. 

# Prerequisites: - gcc
#                - wget

# define versions

tmux_version="2.1"
libevent_version="2.1.8"

tmux_name="tmux-$tmux_version"
libevent_name="libevent-$libevent_version-stable"

# Create working directories
mkdir -p ~/local
mkdir -p ~/temp

# download source files for tmux, libevent
# save them in ~/temp

cd ~/temp

wget -O $tmux_name.tar.gz https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/$tmux_version/$tmux_name.tar.gz
wget -O $libevent_name.tar.gz https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-$libevent_version-stable/$libevent_name.tar.gz

# extract files, configure, and compile

# libevent installation
tar xvzf $libevent_name.tar.gz
cd $libevent_name
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install
cd -

# tmux installation
tar xvzf $tmux_name.tar.gz
cd $tmux_name
DIR="$HOME/local"
./configure CFLAGS="-I$DIR/include" LDFLAGS="-L$DIR/lib"
make
cp tmux ~/local/bin
cd -

# Add path to .bashrc
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/local/lib"' >> ~/.bashrc
cd ~
source ~/.bashrc

echo
echo "//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////"
echo "Post installation message:"
echo "----------------------------------------------------------"
echo "Installed tmux v$tmux_version with success! \o/"
echo
echo "Hit 'tmux -V' to make sure you're using the right version."
echo "//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////"
echo

Thanks, that's just what I needed. Works with tmux 2.7.