install-tmux.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Install tmux on Centos release 6.5

# install deps
yum install gcc kernel-devel make ncurses-devel

# DOWNLOAD SOURCES FOR LIBEVENT AND MAKE AND INSTALL
curl -OL http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/levent/libevent/libevent-2.0/libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
tar -xvzf libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-2.0.22-stable
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install

# DOWNLOAD SOURCES FOR TMUX AND MAKE AND INSTALL
curl -OL http://downloads.sourceforge.net/tmux/tmux-1.9a.tar.gz
tar -xvzf tmux-1.9a.tar.gz
cd tmux-1.9a
LIBEVENT_CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include" \
LIBEVENT_LIBS="-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib -levent" \
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install

# pkill tmux
# close your terminal window (flushes cached tmux executable)
# open new shell and check tmux version
tmux -V