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Install TMUX on MacOS without Brew
#!/bin/sh
## setup _________________________________
TMUX_VER=2.9a
LIBEVENT_VER=2.1.11-stable
TEMP_COMPILE=~/tmux-temp-compile
COMMON_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt
SYMLINK=/usr/local/bin/tmux
## _______________________________________
echo
echo ">>> Creating and using temporary dir ${TEMP_COMPILE} for downloading and compiling libevent and tmux ..."
echo
mkdir ${TEMP_COMPILE}
cd ${TEMP_COMPILE}
echo
echo ">>> Downloading the releases ..."
echo
curl -OL https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/${TMUX_VER}/tmux-${TMUX_VER}.tar.gz
curl -OL https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${LIBEVENT_VER}/libevent-${LIBEVENT_VER}.tar.gz
echo
echo ">>> Extracting tmux ${TMUX_VER} and libevent ${LIBEVENT_VER} ..."
echo
tar xzf tmux-${TMUX_VER}.tar.gz
tar xzf libevent-${LIBEVENT_VER}.tar.gz
echo
echo ">>> Compiling libevent ..."
echo
cd libevent-${LIBEVENT_VER}
./configure --prefix=${COMMON_INSTALL_PREFIX}
sudo make
sudo make install
echo
echo ">>> Compiling tmux ..."
echo
cd ../tmux-${TMUX_VER}
LDFLAGS="-L${COMMON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I${COMMON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include" LIBS="-lresolv" ./configure --prefix=${COMMON_INSTALL_PREFIX}
make
echo
echo ">>> Installing tmux in ${COMMON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin ..."
echo
sudo make install
echo
echo ">>> Symlink to it from ${SYMLINK} ..."
sudo ln -sf ${COMMON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/tmux ${SYMLINK}
echo
echo ">>> Cleaning up by removing the temporary dir ${TEMP_COMPILE} ..."
echo
cd ..
sudo rm -rf ${TEMP_COMPILE}
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