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For more information about this package, please see:
 * https://launchpad.net/byobu

If Byobu is not packaged for your Linux or UNIX OS, or if you do not have
administrative privileges in order to install Byobu, you may be able to
install locally by:

 1) Download the latest version (>= 3.0) from:
    https://launchpad.net/byobu/+download
 2) Extract:
    tar zxvf byobu*.tar.gz
 3) Configure:
    cd byobu*
    ./configure --prefix="$HOME/byobu"
 4) Build:
    make
 5) Install:
    make install
 6) Update your PATH environment variable
    echo "export PATH=$HOME/byobu/bin:$PATH" >> $HOME/.bashrc
    . $HOME/.bashrc
 7) Run:
    byobu

Note that you will need to have a few dependencies installed:
 * screen
 * python-newt (if you want to use Byobu's configuration utility)
 * gsed (if your sed implementation doesn't support -i)

Dustin Kirkland <dustin.kirkland@gmail.com>
2010-07-28