OpenSUSE Leap 15: Install byobu for terminal multiplexer

This article will describe installing byobu for terminal multiplexer. Byobu is frontend for tmux and screen.

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1 Install byobu

Download byobu from Ubuntu in Launchpad. The tmux is installed as backend.

#!/bin/sh -e


LAUNCHPAD=https://launchpad.net
BYOBU=${LAUNCHPAD}/byobu/trunk/5.125/+download/byobu_5.125.orig.tar.gz

sudo zypper -n in tmux

wget -q -O - ${BYOBU} | tar zxf -
cd byobu-*
./configure && make && sudo make install
cd ..
rm -rf byobu-*

2 Run byobu

Run byobu with byobu command.

> byobu

The byobu is displayed.

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