bash script for installing tmux without root access

tmux_local_install.sh

#!/bin/bash

# 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=2.2
LIBEVENT_VERSION=2.0.22
NCURSES_VERSION=5.9
M4_VERSION=1.4.17
AUTOMAKE_VERSION=1.12.2
AUTOCONF_VERSION=2.69
# destination
LOCAL_BIN=$HOME/local/bin

# create our directories
mkdir -p $LOCAL_BIN $HOME/tmux_tmp
cd $HOME/tmux_tmp

export PATH=$LOCAL_BIN:$PATH

# download source files for tmux, libevent, and ncurses
wget https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/${TMUX_VERSION}/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
# get m4
wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-${M4_VERSION}.tar.gz
# get automake
wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/automake-${AUTOMAKE_VERSION}.tar.gz
# get autoconf
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.gz
# assume stable release
wget https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable/libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz
# get ncurses
wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}.tar.gz

# extract files, configure, and compile

############
# m4       #
############
tar xvzf m4-${M4_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd m4-${M4_VERSION}
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install
cd ..

############
# autoconf #
############
tar xvzf autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd autoconf-${AUTOCONF_VERSION}
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install
cd ..

############
# automake #
############
tar xvzf automake-${AUTOMAKE_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd automake-${AUTOMAKE_VERSION}
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install
cd ..

############
# libevent #
############
tar xvzf libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install
cd ..

############
# ncurses  #
############
tar xvzf ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}
./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 $LOCAL_BIN
cd ..

# cleanup
rm -rf $HOME/tmux_tmp

echo "$HOME/local/bin/tmux is now available. You can optionally add $LOCAL_BIN to your PATH."