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What is an eggdrop?

Eggdrop is an IRC bot which is the best , popular and most supported IRC bot that people use . Loads of functions can be done through eggdrop ( for eg . Channel management , userfile structures ) and the most popular part of an eggdrop is we can add modules and TCL scripts .

Setting up an eggdrop .

how to setup
You can see the manual on how to setup an eggdrop there .

But to make it quick , let me Write down some few stuffs .

1. ssh to your shell
2. wget ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/1.6/eggdrop1.6.17.tar.gz
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3. untar the gziped file eggdrop1.6.17.tar.gz ( tar xvzf filename )
4. cd eggdrop 1.6.17

( compiling begins from here )

5. ./configure
6. make config
7. make
8. make install DEST=/home/shellusername/botdirectory
9. after that you need edit the eggdrop.conf as per your requirements , we have to go through the MANUAL very properly. because there are DIE options enabled , which incase not deleted or commented with "#" , wouldnt let the bot start .
10. starting the eggdrop : ./eggdrop -m eggdrop.conf

( there will be messages out puts on the start and a process will be running )

Requirements for Eggdrop

Eggdrop requires TCL to be pre installed in the system . TCl is a scripting Language such as perl , php etc.

For Eggdrop1.6.17 , TCL version above than 8.3 is needed.
If TCL 8.4.* isnt installed in the system , compiling errors occur . The latest relibale TCL version is TCL8.4.6.
It can be downloaded from TCL DOWNLOAD

In the similiar fashion as of an eggdrop setup , the TCL should be setup , compiled and installed .
The manual can be found at How to compile TCL

Enjoy with eggdrop/Tcl . Great for the ones who are into IRC .