[OBSOLETE] Install tmux on OSX WITHOUT brew

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Check https://gist.github.com/devisions/004999452e95de9058de2edc1656ca04 for a more up to date version

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# Create a directory
mkdir ~/tmux-install
cd ~/tmux-install

# Get the files
curl -OL http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tmux/tmux-1.5.tar.gz
curl -OL http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/levent/libevent/libevent-2.0/libevent-2.0.16-stable.tar.gz

# Extract them 
tar xzf tmux-1.5.tar.gz
tar xzf libevent-2.0.16-stable.tar.gz

# Compile libevent
cd libevent-2.0.16-stable
./configure --prefix=/opt
make
sudo make install

# Compile tmux
cd ../tmux-1.5
LDFLAGS="-L/opt/lib" CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/include" LIBS="-lresolv" ./configure --prefix=/opt
make
sudo make install

# Link it
ln -s /opt/bin/tmux /usr/bin/tmux

@DEVisions is the best modification at this time.

Can confirm the following variables work:

TMUX_VER=2.9a
LIBEVENT_VER=2.1.11-stable

Under the latest OSX version (as of today)

❯ sw_vers
ProductName:	Mac OS X
ProductVersion:	10.14.6
BuildVersion:	18G95

@jnovack,

Sure. Based on the previously listed script, updated the two vars, ran it again and everything went fine.
Maybe just the symlink creation should include the force flag: sudo ln -sf ${COMMON_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/tmux ${SYMLINK}

Result:

$ sw_vers
ProductName:	Mac OS X
ProductVersion:	10.14.6
BuildVersion:	18G103
$

$ tmux -V
tmux 2.9a
$

@DEVisions

you should make your own gist, this is the far superior script.

@mkatychev
Sure, thanks, here it is.

Cheers @DEVisions, I will update the gist to point to yours :)

@shrayasr Sure! Glad to help. :)