How to Install Robust IRC on Arch Linux

Robust IRC is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) server that aims to be the most robust and fault-tolerant IRC network software available. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Robust IRC on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before installing Robust IRC, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your Arch Linux machine:

• Root or sudo access
• Arch Linux package manager (pacman)

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Robust IRC requires the following libraries to be installed on your system:

• Go (>= 1.11)
• git
• mercurial

You can install these dependencies by running the following command in the terminal:

sudo pacman -S go git mercurial

Step 2: Clone the Robust IRC Repository

To install Robust IRC, we need to clone the repository. We will clone the repository to the /opt/robustirc directory.

sudo mkdir -p /opt/robustirc
sudo chown $USER: /opt/robustirc
cd /opt/robustirc
git clone --recursive https://github.com/robustirc/robustirc.git

Step 3: Build Robust IRC

Once the repository is cloned, we need to build the Robust IRC server. Navigate to the cloned repository directory and run the following command:

cd /opt/robustirc/robustirc
make all

Step 4: Configure Robust IRC

After building Robust IRC, we need to configure it. The default configuration file is located at /opt/robustirc/robustirc/robustirc.conf. However, it is recommended to create a new configuration file and specify the path to it when starting the server.

cd /opt/robustirc
cp robustirc/robustirc.conf robustirc/myconfig.conf

Edit myconfig.conf file and modify the settings as per your requirements.

Step 5: Start Robust IRC

We are now ready to start the Robust IRC server. Use the following command to start the server:

cd /opt/robustirc/robustirc
./bin/robustircd -config /opt/robustirc/myconfig.conf

Step 6: Verify Installation

To verify that Robust IRC is running correctly, connect a client to it. You can use any IRC client to connect to the server. Use the following details to connect to the server:

• Host: localhost
• Port: 6667

Once you are connected, you can test the server by joining a channel and sending a few messages.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Robust IRC on Arch Linux.

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