====== Mosh on Amazon Linux ======
===== About =====
As of this writing, mosh in EPEL is broken in terms of install on Amazon Linux (2013-03).  However, that doesn't mean you can't just build it manually.

===== Building Mosh =====
==== Install git ====
First, you will need git:

<code bash>
sudo yum install git
</code>

==== Enable EPEL ====
Open ''/etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo'' and change ''enabled=0'' to ''enabled=1'' in the ''[epel]'' section.

==== Install Necessary Build Dependencies ====
Install all the dependencies necessary to build mosh:

<code bash>
sudo yum install protobuf-compiler protobuf-devel libutempter-devel \
    ncurses ncurses-devel zlib-devel autoconf automake openssl-devel \
    gcc gcc-c++
</code>

==== Get and Build Mosh ====
=== Clone Mosh ===
First you need to clone the mosh source using git.  We'll do all our work in ''/var/tmp'':

<code bash>
cd /var/tmp
git clone https://github.com/keithw/mosh.git
cd mosh
</code>

=== Build and Install Mosh ===
You should now be in ''/var/tmp/mosh'', or whatever directory you cloned mosh into.  Run the following commands:

<code bash>
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install
</code>

You should be all set now.  Note that unless you change ''configure'' options, mosh will be installed in ''/usr/local/bin'' by default.  You can change that with the standard ''--prefix'' option.

If you run into any errors, please let me know via email at //admin at splitstreams dot com//.