We actually do want tmux.conf to go into ${prefix}/etc, since the real /etc is not writeable on Android. diff -u -r ../tmux-1.9a/configure ./configure --- ../tmux-1.9a/configure 2014-02-22 21:56:15.000000000 +0100 +++ ./configure 2014-02-24 08:50:16.000000000 +0100 @@ -4011,7 +4011,7 @@ # Default tmux.conf goes in /etc not ${prefix}/etc. -test "$sysconfdir" = '${prefix}/etc' && sysconfdir=/etc +#test "$sysconfdir" = '${prefix}/etc' && sysconfdir=/etc # Check for various headers. Alternatives included from compat.h.