Tutorial: How to Install InspIRCd on OpenSUSE Latest

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install InspIRCd on OpenSUSE Latest. InspIRCd is an IRC server that is written in C++ and is a powerful and scalable platform for creating IRC networks. OpenSUSE is a free and open-source Linux distribution that is widely used in server setups. By the end of this tutorial, you will have a working InspIRCd server running on your OpenSUSE Latest system.

Prerequisites

Before you get started with installing InspIRCd, ensure that you have:

• Access to the OpenSUSE Latest system with root privileges
• A stable internet connection
• Basic knowledge of Linux command-line operations

Step 1: Installing the required packages

The first step to installing InspIRCd on OpenSUSE Latest is to ensure that your system has the required packages. Open up the terminal and enter the following command to install the necessary packages:

sudo zypper install gcc-c++ make openssl-devel

This command will install the gcc-c++, make, and openssl-devel packages on your system.

Step 2: Downloading InspIRCd

Now that you have the required packages installed, proceed to download InspIRCd. You can download the latest version of InspIRCd from the official website: https://www.inspircd.org/.

Alternatively, you can use the following command in the terminal to download InspIRCd:

wget https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/archive/v3.10.0.tar.gz

This command downloads version 3.10.0 of InspIRCd. You can replace the version number with the latest version available.

Step 3: Extracting and Configuring InspIRCd

After downloading InspIRCd, extract the downloaded file using the following command:

tar -xzf v3.10.0.tar.gz

This command will extract the contents of the downloaded file to a directory named inspircd-3.10.0.

Now navigate to the inspircd-3.10.0 directory using the following command:

cd inspircd-3.10.0

The next step is to configure InspIRCd using the configure script included in the directory. Use the following command to configure InspIRCd:

./configure

This command will configure InspIRCd with the default options. If you want to customize the configuration options, you can use the --help flag to see the available options.

Step 4: Building and Installing InspIRCd

After configuring InspIRCd, proceed to build and install it using the following commands:

make
sudo make install

The first command make will compile the source code and create the necessary executable files. The second command sudo make install will install InspIRCd on your system.

Step 5: Starting InspIRCd

You have now installed InspIRCd on your OpenSUSE Latest system. The final step is to start InspIRCd by running the inspircd command in the terminal:

inspircd

This command runs InspIRCd with the default configuration. If you want to specify a custom configuration file, use the -config flag followed by the path to the configuration file.

And that's it! You have successfully installed and started InspIRCd on your OpenSUSE Latest system. You can now connect to your IRC server using an IRC client and start chatting!

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