compile tmux (static)

compile_tmux.sh

#!/bin/bash

TMUX_VERSION=2.3
NCURSES_VERSION=6.0
LIBEVENT_VERSION=2.0.22

BASEDIR=${HOME}/work/tmux-static
TMUXTARGET=${BASEDIR}/local
mkdir -p $TMUXTARGET
cd $BASEDIR

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${TMUXTARGET}/lib/pkgconfig"

if [ ! -f libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz ]; then
	wget -O libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable/libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz
fi
if [ ! -f ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}.tar.gz ]; then
	wget -O ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}.tar.gz http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}.tar.gz
fi
if [ ! -f tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz ]; then
	wget -O tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/${TMUX_VERSION}/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
fi

if [ ! -d libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable ]; then
	cd ${BASEDIR}
	tar -xzf libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz
	cd ${BASEDIR}/libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable
	./configure --prefix=$TMUXTARGET --disable-shared
	make && make install
fi

if [ ! -d ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION} ]; then
	cd ${BASEDIR}
	tar -xzf ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}.tar.gz
	cd ${BASEDIR}/ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}
	./configure --prefix=$TMUXTARGET --with-termlib --with-default-terminfo-dir=/usr/share/terminfo --with-terminfo-dirs="/etc/terminfo:/lib/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo"
	make && make install
fi

if [ ! -d tmux-${TMUX_VERSION} ]; then
	cd ${BASEDIR}
	tar -xzf tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
	cd tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}
	./configure --prefix=$TMUXTARGET --enable-static CFLAGS="-I${TMUXTARGET}/include -I${TMUXTARGET}/include/ncurses" LDFLAGS="-L${TMUXTARGET}/lib -L${TMUXTARGET}/include -L${TMUXTARGET}/include/ncurses" LIBEVENT_CFLAGS="-I${TMUXTARGET}/include" LIBEVENT_LIBS="-L${TMUXTARGET}/lib -levent" LIBNCURSES_CFLAGS="-I${TMUXTARGET}/include" LIBNCURSES_LIBS="-L${TMUXTARGET}/lib -lncurses"
	make && make install
fi

if [ -f $TMUXTARGET/bin/tmux ]; then
	$TMUXTARGET/bin/tmux -V
	echo "`whoami`@`hostname -d`:${TMUXTARGET}/bin/tmux"
fi

FYI, here are some updates to wget commands to download libevent and tmux (ncurses works):

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/levent/release-2.0.22-stable/libevent-2.0.22-stable.tar.gz
wget -O tmux-2.1.tar.gz https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/2.1/tmux-2.1.tar.gz

For me at least, -O tmux-2.1.tar.gz is needed to avoid "filename too long" error

Hope this helps, and nice work!

p.s. For folks who are still on CentOS 5, edit the configure line for ncurses for it to configure/build/install successfully:
./configure --prefix=$TMUXTARGET --with-default-terminfo-dir=/usr/share/terminfo

thanks, this was a quick hack and I wanted to change it to a script that has a few options (specify release or git head, override versions of ncurses, libevent, ...). But I haven't found the time yet. Btw, the libevent project also moved away from sf.

Works flawlessly: Tmux 2.8, Nurses 6.1, Libevent 2.1.8 on Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS. Thank you very much, sir!.

not working.. tmux failed to compile
In file included from tmux.h:36:0,
from alerts.c:24:
compat.h:326:9: error: conflicting types for 'forkpty'
pid_t forkpty(int *, char *, struct termios *, struct winsize *);
^
In file included from compat.h:126:0,
from tmux.h:36,
from alerts.c:24:
/usr/include/pty.h:39:12: note: previous declaration of 'forkpty' was here
extern int forkpty (int *__amaster, char *__name,
^
make: *** [alerts.o] Error 1

not working.. tmux failed to compile

Not the script's fault.

Thanks! Makes it easier :-)

@maiaz are you using tmux 3? I get the same error when following the install instructions on the tmux site with static compile tmux 3.1c

https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Installing

@tessus agree it is not the script fault.

g for library containing SSL_new... no
checking for library containing SSL_new... no
checking openssl/ssl.h usability... no
checking openssl/ssl.h presence... no
checking for openssl/ssl.h... no
configure: error: openssl is a must but can not be found. You should add the directory containing `openssl.pc' to the `PKG_CONFIG_PATH' environment variable, or set `CFLAGS' and `LDFLAGS' directly for openssl, or use `--disable-openssl' to disable support for openssl encryption
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
checking for egrep... grep -E
Configuring NCURSES 6.2 ABI 6 (Mon Jun  7 23:14:28 CST 2021)
checking for package version... 6.2
checking for package patch date... 20200212
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

not working.. tmux failed to compile In file included from tmux.h:36:0, from alerts.c:24: compat.h:326:9: error: conflicting types for 'forkpty' pid_t forkpty(int *, char *, struct termios *, struct winsize *); ^ In file included from compat.h:126:0, from tmux.h:36, from alerts.c:24: /usr/include/pty.h:39:12: note: previous declaration of 'forkpty' was here extern int forkpty (int *__amaster, char *__name, ^ make: *** [alerts.o] Error 1

I met this error also (build tmux 3.3a with static link) and have resolved it with adding "--with-termlib" to the configure command line of ncurses. the entire command line is:

cd ${BASEDIR}/ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}
./configure --prefix=$TMUXTARGET --with-termlib --with-default-terminfo-dir=/usr/share/terminfo --with-terminfo-dirs="/etc/terminfo:/lib/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo"
make && make install

from ./configure --help:
--with-termlib generate separate terminfo library

It's a great script~

FYI, here are some updates to support building new version tmux with static link. avoid the error of "conflicting types for 'forkpty'"
to add "--with-termlib" option for ncurses configure command line:

./configure --prefix=$TMUXTARGET --with-termlib --with-default-terminfo-dir=/usr/share/terminfo --with-terminfo-dirs="/etc/terminfo:/lib/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo"

@blreay thx, I've updated the gist and added the --with-termlib option.