Installs XClip locally

xclip_local_install.sh

#!/bin/bash
 
# Script for installing xclip on systems without root access.
# xclip will be installed in $HOME/local/bin.
# It's assumed that wget and a C/C++ compiler are installed.
 
# exit on error
set -e
 
XCLIP_VERSION=0.12
 
# create our directories
mkdir -p $HOME/local $HOME/xclip_tmp
cd $HOME/xclip_tmp
 
# download source files for XClip
wget https://versaweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/xclip/xclip/${XCLIP_VERSION}/xclip-${XCLIP_VERSION}.tar.gz
 
# extract files, configure, and compile
 
tar xvzf xclip-${XCLIP_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd xclip-${XCLIP_VERSION}
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local --disable-shared
make
make install

ensure that $HOME/local/bin is in your path.

put this into your $HOME/.bashrc file

export PATH="$HOME/local/bin:$PATH"

As of Sep 2022, the link in your file does not work. Instead, use
wget https://versaweb.dl.sourceforge.net/project/xclip/xclip/0.12/xclip-0.12.tar.gz