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1Welcome to tmux!
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3tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be created,
4accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a
5screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
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7This release runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, macOS and Solaris.
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9* Dependencies
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11tmux depends on libevent 2.x, available from:
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13	https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/latest
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15It also depends on ncurses, available from:
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17	https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/
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19To build tmux, a C compiler (for example gcc or clang), make, pkg-config and a
20suitable yacc (yacc or bison) are needed.
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22* Installation
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24To build and install tmux from a release tarball, use:
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26	$ ./configure && make
27	$ sudo make install
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29tmux can use the utempter library to update utmp(5), if it is installed - run
30configure with --enable-utempter to enable this.
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32To get and build the latest from version control - note that this requires
33autoconf, automake and pkg-config:
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35	$ git clone https://github.com/tmux/tmux.git
36	$ cd tmux
37	$ sh autogen.sh
38	$ ./configure && make
39
40* Contributing
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42Bug reports, feature suggestions and especially code contributions are most
43welcome. Please send by email to:
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45	tmux-users@googlegroups.com
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47Or open a GitHub issue or pull request.
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49* Documentation
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51For documentation on using tmux, see the tmux.1 manpage. View it from the
52source tree with:
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54	$ nroff -mdoc tmux.1|less
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56A small example configuration is in example_tmux.conf.
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58Other documentation is available in the wiki:
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60	https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki
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62Also see the tmux FAQ at:
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64	https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/FAQ
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66A bash(1) completion file is at:
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68	https://github.com/imomaliev/tmux-bash-completion
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70For debugging, run tmux with -v and -vv to generate server and client log files
71in the current directory.
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73* Support
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75The tmux mailing list for general discussion and bug reports is:
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77	https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tmux-users
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79Subscribe by sending an email to:
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81	tmux-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com
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83* License
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85This file and the CHANGES files are licensed under the ISC license. All other
86files have a license and copyright notice at their start.
87