How to install tmux locally
#!/bin/bash | |
# Installing tmux locally | |
# 1. visit: https://github.com/tmux/tmux | |
# 2. create a local directory to install tmux | |
# 3. download depencencies | |
# 1. libevent | |
# 1. visit: http://libevent.org/ | |
# 2. download the stable version | |
# 2. ncurses | |
# 1. visit: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ | |
# 2. download the stable version | |
# 3. tmux | |
# 1. visit: https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases | |
# 2. download the stable .tar.gz | |
# 4. install all the dependencies first and last tmux by running following commands | |
# | |
# tar xvf [--file--.tar.gz] | |
# cd [---file--] | |
# ./configure --prefix=$HOME/local CPPFLAGS="-P" | |
# make | |
# make install | |
# | |
# 5. `export PATH="$HOME/local/bin:$PATH"` into your bashrc file | |
rm -rf tmux_temp_installation_dir 2> /dev/null | |
mkdir tmux_temp_installation_dir | |
cd tmux_temp_installation_dir | |
pwd | |
echo "Please visit http://libevent.org/ and copy the latest stable version's .tar.gz url" | |
echo "Paste URL" | |
read libeventurl | |
echo "Please visit http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ and copy the latest stable version's .tar.gz url" | |
echo "Paste URL" | |
read ncursesurl | |
echo "Please visit https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases and copy the latest stable version's .tar.gz url" | |
echo Paste URL | |
read tmuxurl | |
echo "Installing tmux into your ~/.local/bin/tmux" | |
function installPackage { | |
# $1 holds tar.gz | |
rm -rf temp_tmux_install_lib_dir 2> /dev/null | |
mkdir temp_tmux_install_lib_dir | |
tar xvf $1 -C temp_tmux_install_lib_dir --strip-components=1 | |
cd temp_tmux_install_lib_dir | |
ls | |
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local CPPFLAGS="-P" | |
make -j 8 | |
make install | |
cd .. | |
} | |
wget $libeventurl -O libevent.tar.gz | |
wget $ncursesurl -O ncurses.tar.gz | |
wget $tmuxurl -O tmux.tar.gz | |
echo "Installing libevent..." | |
installPackage libevent.tar.gz | |
echo "Installing ncurses..." | |
installPackage ncurses.tar.gz | |
echo "Installing tmux..." | |
installPackage tmux.tar.gz | |
echo "Append following line to your .zshrc or .bashrc or .bash_profile file" | |
echo export PATH="$HOME/local/bin:$PATH" |
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