bash script for installing tmux and python without root access

python.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script for installing python on systems where you don't have root access.
# python will be installed in $HOME/local/bin.
# It's assumed that wget and a C/C++ compiler are installed.

# exit on error
set -e

PYTHON_VERSION=2.7.6

# create our directories
mkdir -p $HOME/local $HOME/python_tmp
cd $HOME/python_tmp

# download source files for python
wget -O python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz

# extract files, configure, and compile

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# python   #
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tar xvzf python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz
cd python-${PYTHON_VERSION}
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install
cd ..

# cleanup
rm -rf $HOME/python_tmp

echo "$HOME/local/bin/python is now available. You should add $HOME/local/bin to your PATH if it is not already done."

tmux.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=1.8

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

# download source files for tmux, libevent, and ncurses
wget -O tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz http://sourceforge.net/projects/tmux/files/tmux/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz/download
wget https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/libevent-2.0.19-stable.tar.gz
wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-5.9.tar.gz

# extract files, configure, and compile

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# libevent #
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tar xvzf libevent-2.0.19-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-2.0.19-stable
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local --disable-shared
make
make install
cd ..

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# ncurses  #
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tar xvzf ncurses-5.9.tar.gz
cd ncurses-5.9
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local --without-cxx
make
make install
cd ..

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# tmux     #
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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 $HOME/local/bin
cd ..

# cleanup
rm -rf $HOME/tmux_tmp

echo "$HOME/local/bin/tmux is now available. You should add $HOME/local/bin to your PATH if it is not already done."