bash script for installing tmux without root access.Updated to include latest Tmux version and some other minor changes

tmux_local_install.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Source: https://gist.github.com/ryin/3106801
# 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=2.1
NCURSES_VERSION=6.0
LIBEVENT_VERSION=2.0.22
 
# create our directories
mkdir -p $HOME/local $HOME/tmux_tmp
cd $HOME/tmux_tmp
 
# download source files for tmux, libevent, and ncurses
wget -O tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/${TMUX_VERSION}/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
wget -O libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable/libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz
wget -O ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}.tar.gz
 
# extract files, configure, and compile
 
############
# libevent #
############
tar xvzf libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-*
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local --disable-shared
make
make install
cd ..
 
############
# ncurses  #
############
tar xvzf ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd ncurses-*
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install
cd ..
 
############
# tmux     #
############
tar xvzf tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}
./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 $HOME/local/bin to your PATH."
# e.g. to export path
# export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/dir1