Eggdrop is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) bot that allows automation of various tasks on an IRC channel. In this tutorial, we will be installing Eggdrop on nixOS Latest using the eggheads.org source.
Open the terminal and update your system by running the following command:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
Install necessary packages using the following command:
sudo nix-env -i gnutls tcl
Download the latest Eggdrop source code from https://www.eggheads.org during the time of writing, that version is eggdrop 1.8.4. You can download it using the following command:
wget https://github.com/eggheads/eggdrop/archive/v1.8.4.tar.gz
Unpack the downloaded file using the following command:
tar xvzf v1.8.4.tar.gz
Change the directory to the eggdrop-1.8.4 directory
cd eggdrop-1.8.4
To configure Eggdrop, run the following command:
./configure
The configuration script will guide you through the various options. Once it completes, run the following command:
make config
Verify that the configuration was successful by running:
make
Finally, install Eggdrop using the following command:
sudo make install
Eggdrop is now installed on your nixOS Latest system.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Eggdrop on nixOS Latest. Eggdrop provides a vast range of functionality when it comes to automating IRC channels. Feel free to experiment with different configurations and plugins to make the most of your Eggdrop setup.
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