In this tutorial, we will be installing InspIRCd on the latest version of FreeBSD. InspIRCd is a modern and fast IRC server that is designed to be stable and customizable.
Before we start the installation process, make sure that you have the following:
First of all, update the system packages to their latest versions. Open the terminal window and execute the following command:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
This command will update all of the system packages and their dependencies.
InspIRCd has some dependencies that need to be installed before we proceed. Execute the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo pkg install gmake openssl cmake
This command will install gmake, openssl, and cmake on your system.
Now, go to the official website of InspIRCd at https://www.inspircd.org/ and download the latest stable release of InspIRCd. You can download it using the following command:
wget https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/latest/download/inspircd-3.10.0.tar.gz
Replace 3.10.0 with the latest version number if there is a newer release.
Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
tar -xzf inspircd-3.10.0.tar.gz
Change to the directory where you extracted InspIRCd and run the following commands:
cd inspircd-3.10.0
./configure
gmake install
After installing, InspIRCd will create a default configuration file at /usr/local/etc/inspircd/inspircd.conf. You can modify this file to suit your needs using any text editor.
To start InspIRCd, execute the following command:
sudo service inspircd start
To stop InspIRCd, execute the following command:
sudo service inspircd stop
To restart InspIRCd, execute the following command:
sudo service inspircd restart
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured InspIRCd on FreeBSD Latest.
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