/get_latest_tmux

fetch the latest version of tmux

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Simple script to fetch and install latest tmux for Ubuntu

The version fetched with apt-get is not up to date. Some of the tips in the tmux 2 book depend on the newer 2.3 version.

Cleaner way to get a newer version of Tmux for Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:pi-rho/dev
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common tmux-next

echo "alias tmux=tmux-next" >> ~/.bashrc