tmux_install.txt

# Install tmux on rhel/centos 7

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

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

# DOWNLOAD SOURCES FOR TMUX AND MAKE AND INSTALL
curl -OL https://codeload.github.com/tmux/tmux/tar.gz/3.0
tar -xvzf 3.0
cd 30
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