Install and Start tmux in tmux

From the tmux cheat sheet · Setup · verified Aug 2026

Install tmux with a platform package manager and create a session.

bash

# macOS
brew install tmux

# Ubuntu or Debian
sudo apt update
sudo apt install tmux

📌 tmux runs inside a terminal on Unix-like systems

💡 Distribution packages can lag behind the newest tmux release

🔍 tmux -V prints the installed version

🎯 Name sessions so they are easy to identify and reattach

installpackage-managerversionsession

Continue with tmux

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