SSH into your KIRE shell. Not telnet. Tcl and OpenSSL are already on the box. Current Eggdrop is the 1.9 / 1.10 tree from geteggdrop.com / ftp.eggheads.org. Git is an unstable snapshot — do not run that as your production bot.
If you want someone else to run it, order a managed eggdrop. Need a shell first? Shells.
Compile and install
wget https://geteggdrop.com -O eggdrop-latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf eggdrop-latest.tar.gz
cd eggdrop-1.*
./configure
make config
make
make install DEST=~/botdir
cd ~/botdir
cp eggdrop.conf botnick.confEdit botnick.conf. Remove both die lines. Set nick, owner, ident (set username), vhost (set vhost4 / set vhost6), listen port, and servers. Bind the IP you were given.
First start, then persist
First time only, create the userfile:
./eggdrop -m botnick.confIt daemonizes. Later starts are ./eggdrop botnick.conf. Do not park the bot in screen or tmux — those are for irssi/weechat. Persist with autobotchk:
./scripts/autobotchk botnick.confThat writes crontab. Details: botchk / autobotchk and first start.
AUP: max 2 IRC connections per shell to a given network.
Optional keyed channel in the conf (mode +k):
channel add #mychan {
chanmode "+ntk thekey"
}