Detailed Installation Instructions (Manual Install Method)

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SSH into the shell. Tcl and OpenSSL are already there. Current Eggdrop is 1.9 / 1.10 from geteggdrop.com. This is the long form of the short version.

1. Fetch source

cd ~
wget https://geteggdrop.com -O eggdrop-latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf eggdrop-latest.tar.gz
cd eggdrop-1.*

If tar complains, try gunzip then tar xvf.

./configure
make config
make
make install DEST=~/botdir

make config builds the usual modules. make iconfig if you want to pick. make install DEST= is required — the compile dir is not a runnable bot.

If ~ does not expand under make, use the full path (pwd from ~).

cd ~/botdir
cp eggdrop.conf botnick.conf

Edit botnick.conf. Full notes: how to configure. Minimum: nick, owner, ident, vhost/IP, listen, servers, remove die.

./eggdrop -m botnick.conf

-m creates the userfile. First time only. The process daemonizes. After that: ./eggdrop botnick.conf.

Debug (foreground; quitting kills the bot):

./eggdrop -nt botnick.conf

Not the normal run mode.

./scripts/autobotchk botnick.conf

Crontab, not screen. Screen/tmux are for irssi/weechat.

You can delete the eggdrop-1.* source tree after a successful install. Keep ~/botdir.

AUP: max 2 IRC connections per shell to a given network. Next: first start, partyline.