We actually do want tmux.conf to go into ${prefix}/etc, since the real /etc is not writeable on Android. diff -u -r ../tmux-3.1a/configure.ac ./configure.ac --- ../tmux-3.1a/configure.ac 2020-04-27 08:38:04.000000000 +0000 +++ ./configure.ac 2020-04-28 22:36:58.650391000 +0000 @@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS -# Default tmux.conf goes in /etc not ${prefix}/etc. -test "$sysconfdir" = '${prefix}/etc' && sysconfdir=/etc - # Is this --enable-debug? case "x$VERSION" in xnext*) enable_debug=yes;; esac AC_ARG_ENABLE(