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Fixing terminfo for tmux
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'tmux-256color': unknown terminal type

Caused by missing terminfo entries for the terminal being used. Sometimes this can be fixed by upgrading ncurses or terminfo to a later version. In the event that it can't:

  1. Copy the terminfo entry from a machine that has it:
ssh <user@host> infocmp -x tmux-256color >~/tmux-terminfo
  1. Add it to your machine's terminfo database with:
tic -x ~/tmux-terminfo
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