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Fix rxvt-unicode via ssh.md

If tmux fails with the message "open terminal failed: missing or unsuitable terminal: rxvt-unicode-256color".

$ ssh remotemachine mkdir -p .terminfo/r
$ scp /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode* remotemachine:.terminfo/r/
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zloster commented Jan 26, 2018

The same steps will resolve issues with suckless.org st terminal also. Just replace terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode* with terminfo/s/st*.

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