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# Welcome to tmux!
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tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be created,
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accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a
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screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
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This release runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, macOS and Solaris.
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## Dependencies
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tmux depends on [libevent](https://libevent.org) 2.x, available from [this
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page](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/latest).
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It also depends on [ncurses](https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/), available
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from [this page](https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/).
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To build tmux, a C compiler (for example gcc or clang), make, pkg-config and a
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suitable yacc (yacc or bison) are needed.
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## Installation
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### Binary packages
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Some platforms provide binary packages for tmux, although these are sometimes
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out of date. Examples are listed on
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[this page](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Installing).
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### From release tarball
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To build and install tmux from a release tarball, use:
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~~~bash
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./configure && make
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sudo make install
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~~~
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tmux can use the utempter library to update utmp(5), if it is installed - run
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configure with `--enable-utempter` to enable this.
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For more detailed instructions on building and installing tmux, see
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[this page](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Installing).
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### From version control
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To get and build the latest from version control - note that this requires
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`autoconf`, `automake` and `pkg-config`:
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~~~bash
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git clone https://github.com/tmux/tmux.git
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cd tmux
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sh autogen.sh
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./configure && make
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~~~
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## Contributing
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Bug reports, feature suggestions and especially code contributions are most
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welcome. Please send by email to:
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tmux-users@googlegroups.com
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Or open a GitHub issue or pull request. **Please read [this
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document](CONTRIBUTING.md) before opening an issue.**
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There is [a list of suggestions for contributions](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Contributing).
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Please feel free to ask on the mailing list if you're thinking of working on something or need
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further information.
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## Documentation
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For documentation on using tmux, see the tmux.1 manpage. View it from the
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source tree with:
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~~~bash
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nroff -mdoc tmux.1|less
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~~~
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A small example configuration is in `example_tmux.conf`.
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And a bash(1) completion file at:
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https://github.com/scop/bash-completion/blob/main/completions/tmux
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For debugging, run tmux with `-v` or `-vv` to generate server and client log
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files in the current directory.
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## Support
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The tmux mailing list for general discussion and bug reports is:
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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tmux-users
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Subscribe by sending an email to:
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tmux-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com
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