Eggdrop is an open-source IRC bot that runs on Linux, BSD, and Windows. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Eggdrop on a Windows 10 system.
The first step is to download the Eggdrop software. You can download the latest version of Eggdrop from the following link: https://www.eggheads.org/downloads/
Once the file is downloaded, extract it to a convenient location on your system.
Next, we need to compile Eggdrop. To do this, open a terminal window in the extracted Eggdrop directory and run the following command:
tclsh makefile.unix
This command will create a Makefile in the same directory. To compile Eggdrop, run the following command:
make config
make
These commands will compile and create the eggdrop binary file.
Before running Eggdrop, we need to configure it using a configuration file. The configuration file is eggdrop.conf, which is located in the eggdrop/conf directory.
You can use a text editor to open and edit the eggdrop.conf file. Here are a few important configurations:
set nick "nickname" - sets the nickname for your botset server "server:port" - sets the server and port where your bot will connectset channels {"#channel"} - sets the channels where your bot will joinOnce you have configured the eggdrop.conf file, save it.
To run Eggdrop, open a terminal window in the Eggdrop directory and run the following command:
eggdrop eggdrop.conf
This command will start your Eggdrop bot.
To test Eggdrop, you can use an IRC client such as PtokaX Lua Bot. Connect to the same IRC network and channel as your Eggdrop bot and verify that the bot is running and responding to commands.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Eggdrop on your Windows 10 system.
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