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If tmux fails with an error "terminal open failed: missing or unsuitable terminal: rxvt-unicode-256color"
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If tmux fails with an error terminal open failed: missing or unsuitable terminal: rxvt-unicode-256color

log in to your remote host and create .terminfo/r in your home directory:

mkdir .terminfo/r

copy terminal information file to remote machine:

scp /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode* remote.host:.terminfo/r/
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