Install tmux on rhel/centos 7

install-tmux.sh

# Install tmux on rhel/centos 7

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

LIBEVENT_VERSION=2.1.8
TMUX_VERSION=2.9
PREFIX="${HOME}/.local/bin"  # user-only install (change to /usr/local for global install)
SUDO=""                      # change to "sudo" to install on /usr/local

# DOWNLOAD SOURCES FOR LIBEVENT AND MAKE AND INSTALL
curl -OL https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable/libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz
tar -xvzf libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}-stable
./configure --prefix=${PREFIX}
make
$SUDO make install
cd ..

# DOWNLOAD SOURCES FOR TMUX AND MAKE AND INSTALL
curl -OL https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/${TMUX_VERSION}/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
tar -xvzf tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}
LDFLAGS="-L${PREFIX}/lib -Wl,-rpath=${PREFIX}/lib" ./configure --prefix=${PREFIX}
make
$SUDO make install
cd ..

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