Installing tmux

Install wiki

Platform	Install Command
Debian or Ubuntu	apt install tmux
macOS (using Homebrew)	brew install tmux

Useful cmd / shortcut

Cmd	Shortcut	Description
man tmux		Show tmux documentation
tmux new -s [Session Name]		Create a new tmux session
tmux a -t [Session Name]		Attach to an existing session
tmux detach	prefix + d	Detach current session
tmux kill-session -t [Session Name]		Delete a specific Session
	prefix + r	Source the .tmux.conf file
	prefix + ,	Rename current active window
	prefix + c	Create new window
	prefix + &	Kill current window
	prefix + n	Next window
	prefix + p	Previous window
	prefix + w	List all Sessions and windows
	prefix + |	Split windows left and right
	prefix + -	Split windows up and down
	Ctrl + h/j/k/l	Move to the left/down/up/right pane, enabled by vim-tmux-navigator
	prefix + h/j/k/l	Resize pane, direction keys can be repeated
	prefix + m	Maximize/Unmaximize current pane

Personal configuration

All key remappings and options setting go into~/.tmux.conf (Remeber to source the config file after you make changes)

My prefix key is Ctrl-a

$ touch ~/.tmux.conf
$ tmux source ~/.tmux.conf # run this line after you make changes

Plugins

Install tpm

First, we will clone tpm into ~/.tmux folder under the home folder

$ git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
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# Otherwise you may get "~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm' returned 127" by executing the following steps 

Installing Plugins

1. Add new plugin to ~/.tmux.conf with set -g @plugin '...'
2. Make sure run -b '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm' is at the bottom of your .tmux.conf
3. Press prefix + I (capital i, as in Install) to fetch the plugin. (default prefix is ctrl+b)

Uninstalling Plugins

1. Remove (or comment out) plugin from the list.
2. Press prefix + alt + u (lowercase u as in uninstall) to remove the plugin. Or you can manually delete the plugins stored in ~/.tmux/plugins/

Theme

Ref

Everything you need to know about tmux – Plugins Manager