Install TMUX when no root access exists

tmux_installation.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.
# Modify version number based on the packaged downloaded.
# Packages must be downloaded to the same location as this script.

# exit on error
set -e

TMUX_VERSION=2.7
LIB_EVENT_VERSION=2.1.8
NCURSES_VERSION=6.1

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

# download source files for tmux, libevent, and ncurses
cp libevent-${LIB_EVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz $HOME/tmux_tmp
cp ncurses.tar.gz $HOME/tmux_tmp
cp tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz $HOME/tmux_tmp

# extract files, configure, and compile

cd $HOME/tmux_tmp

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# libevent #
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tar -xzvf libevent-${LIB_EVENT_VERSION}-stable.tar.gz
cd libevent-${LIB_EVENT_VERSION}-stable
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local --disable-shared
make
make install
cd ..

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# ncurses  #
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tar -xzvf ncurses.tar.gz
cd ncurses-${NCURSES_VERSION}/
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install
cd ..

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# tmux     #
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tar -xzvf 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 ..
cd ..

# cleanup
rm -rf $HOME/tmux_tmp

echo "$HOME/local/bin/tmux is now available. You can optionally add $HOME/local/bin to your PATH."