Installing Tmux on Dreamhost tmux dreamhost

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Based on this: http://blennd.com/post/the-pains-of-installing-tmux-on-a-shared-server/ Script forked from https://gist.github.com/shime/5706655/

Prerequisities

• gcc
• wget

Installs

• tmux - 1.8 (latest stable)
• libevent - 2.0.21 (latest stable)

How to install

curl -fsSL https://gist.github.com/todgru/7854665/raw/install.sh | bash -e

install.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Based on this: http://blennd.com/post/the-pains-of-installing-tmux-on-a-shared-server/
# Script forked from https://gist.github.com/shime/5706655/

# Script for installing tmux and dependencies.
# tmux will be executable from  ~/local/lib. 

# Prerequisites: - gcc
#                - wget

# define versions

tmux_version="1.8"
libevent_version="2.0.21"

tmux_name="tmux-$tmux_version"
libevent_name="libevent-$libevent_version-stable"

# set the installation directory

target_dir="~/local/bin"

# Create working directories
mkdir -p ~/local
mkdir -p ~/temp

# download source files for tmux, libevent
# save them in ~/temp

cd ~/temp

wget -O $tmux_name.tar.gz http://sourceforge.net/projects/tmux/files/tmux/$tmux_name/$tmux_name.tar.gz/download
wget -O $libevent_name.tar.gz https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/$libevent_name.tar.gz

# extract files, configure, and compile

# libevent installation
tar xvzf $libevent_name.tar.gz
cd $libevent_name
./configure --prefix=$HOME/local
make
make install
cd -

# tmux installation
tar xvzf $tmux_name.tar.gz
cd ../$tmux_name
DIR="$HOME/local"
./configure CFLAGS="-I$DIR/include" LDFLAGS="-L$DIR/lib"
make
cp tmux $target_dir/bin
cd -

# Add path to .bashrc
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> .bashrc
echo 'export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/local/lib"' >> .bashrc
cd ~
source ~/.bashrc 

echo
echo "//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////"
echo "Post installation message:"
echo "----------------------------------------------------------"
echo "Installed tmux v$tmux_version with success! \o/"
echo
echo "Hit 'tmux -V' to make sure you're using the right version."
echo "//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////"
echo

Saved me a ton of time; thanks!!