UnrealIRCd is one of the most popular and widely used IRC server software available. In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to install UnrealIRCd on OpenSUSE latest.
Before we start installing UnrealIRCd, we need to install some required dependencies along with the build tools which will be used during the installation process. You can do this using the following command:
zypper install gcc make openssl-devel
zypper install curl wget tar
Once you have the required dependencies and tools installed, the next step is to download UnrealIRCd from their official website. You can do this using wget command as follows:
cd /usr/src
wget https://www.unrealircd.org/downloads/UnrealIRCd-latest.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, you can extract the files using the following command:
tar -xvf UnrealIRCd-latest.tar.gz
After you have extracted the files, navigate to the UnrealIRCd directory using the following command:
cd UnrealIRCd-*
Then run the following commands to configure, build and install UnrealIRCd:
./configure
make
make install
This will compile and install UnrealIRCd on your OpenSUSE Latest machine.
By default, UnrealIRCd will be installed to the /opt/unrealircd directory. You can locate the unrealircd.conf file inside this directory:
cd /opt/unrealircd/conf
Open the unrealircd.conf file in your favorite text editor and configure it according to your needs. You can modify server settings, oper settings, channel settings and other settings in this file.
After you have made the required changes in the config file, you can start UnrealIRCd by running the following command:
/opt/unrealircd/bin/unrealircd start
Congratulations! You have successfully installed UnrealIRCd on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now connect to your newly installed IRC server using your preferred IRC client software.
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