In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Robust IRC on Alpine Linux Latest. Robust IRC is a network of IRC servers that aims to provide a reliable and secure communication platform for IRC users.
Before getting started, you will need to make sure that you have the following packages installed on your system:
The first step is to download the latest version of Robust IRC from their official website. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
$ curl -L https://downloads.robustirc.net/robustirc-latest.tar.gz -o robustirc-latest.tar.gz
This will download the compressed file containing the latest version of Robust IRC to your current working directory.
After downloading the compressed file, extract it to a directory of your choice using the following command:
$ tar -xzf robustirc-latest.tar.gz -C /opt
This will extract the files to the /opt/robustirc directory.
Before starting the Robust IRC server, you need to configure it. Create a new configuration file by running the following command:
$ cp /opt/robustirc/etc/robustirc.yml.sample /opt/robustirc/etc/robustirc.yml
Open the file /opt/robustirc/etc/robustirc.yml using a text editor of your choice and configure it to your liking. You can find more information about the configuration options in the file itself.
After configuring Robust IRC, you can now start the server by running the following command:
$ /opt/robustirc/bin/server -config /opt/robustirc/etc/robustirc.yml
This will start the Robust IRC server using the configuration file you specified.
Once the server is running, you can connect to it using an IRC client of your choice. The default port for Robust IRC is 6697 (SSL) or 6667 (non-SSL).
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Robust IRC on Alpine Linux Latest.
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