Having trouble installing the latest stable version of tmux?
Save yourself some time and run this little fellow!
curl -fsSL https://gist.github.com/shime/5706655/raw/install.sh | sudo bash -e
| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Script for installing tmux and dependencies. | |
| # tmux will be installed in /usr/local/lib by default. | |
| # Prerequisites: - gcc | |
| # - wget | |
| # define versions | |
| tmux_version="1.8" | |
| libevent_version="2.0.21" | |
| ncurses_version="5.9" | |
| tmux_name="tmux-$tmux_version" | |
| libevent_name="libevent-$libevent_version-stable" | |
| ncurses_name="ncurses-$ncurses_version" | |
| # set the installation directory | |
| target_dir="/usr/local" | |
| # download source files for tmux, libevent, and ncurses | |
| # save them in /tmp | |
| cd /tmp | |
| wget -O $tmux_name.tar.gz http://sourceforge.net/projects/tmux/files/tmux/$tmux_name/$tmux_name.tar.gz/download | |
| wget -O $libevent_name.tar.gz https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/$libevent_name.tar.gz | |
| wget -O $ncurses_name.tar.gz ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/$ncurses_name.tar.gz | |
| # extract files, configure, and compile | |
| # libevent installation | |
| tar xvzf $libevent_name.tar.gz | |
| cd $libevent_name | |
| ./configure --prefix=$target_dir --disable-shared | |
| make | |
| make install | |
| cd - | |
| # ncurses installation | |
| tar xvzf $ncurses_name.tar.gz | |
| cd $ncurses_name | |
| ./configure --prefix=$target_dir | |
| make | |
| make install | |
| cd - | |
| # tmux installation | |
| tar xvzf $tmux_name.tar.gz | |
| cd $tmux_name | |
| ./configure CFLAGS="-I$target_dir/include -I$target_dir/include/ncurses" LDFLAGS="-L$target_dir/lib -L$target_dir/include/ncurses -L$target_dir/include" | |
| CPPFLAGS="-I$target_dir/include -I$target_dir/include/ncurses" LDFLAGS="-static -L$target_dir/include -L$target_dir/include/ncurses -L$target_dir/lib" make | |
| cp tmux $target_dir/bin | |
| cd - | |
| echo | |
| echo "//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////" | |
| echo "Post installation message:" | |
| echo "----------------------------------------------------------" | |
| echo "Installed tmux v$tmux_version with success! \o/" | |
| echo | |
| echo "Hit 'tmux -V' to make sure you're using the right version." | |
| echo "//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////" | |
| echo |