xiaofeng-han
7/10/2019 - 10:12 PM

Compile and install tmux 2.9a on rhel/centos 7

# Install tmux on rhel/centos 7

# install deps
yum install gcc kernel-devel make ncurses-devel

LIBEVENT_VERSION=2.1.10-stable
# DOWNLOAD SOURCES FOR LIBEVENT AND MAKE AND INSTALL
curl -OL https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-2.1.10-stable/libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}.tar.gz
tar -xvzf libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd libevent-${LIBEVENT_VERSION}
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
cd ..

# DOWNLOAD SOURCES FOR TMUX AND MAKE AND INSTALL
TMUX_VERSION=2.9a
curl -OL https://github.com/tmux/tmux/releases/download/2.9a/tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
tar -xvzf tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}.tar.gz
cd tmux-${TMUX_VERSION}
LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath=/usr/local/lib" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
sudo make install
cd ..

# pkill tmux
# close your terminal window (flushes cached tmux executable)
# open new shell and check tmux version
tmux -V