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-Linux IRC mini-HOWTO
-!!!Linux IRC mini-HOWTO
-!Fr�d�ric L. W. Meunier
-
-v0.2 1 July, 2001
-
-
-__Revision History__Revision .22001-07-01Revised by: fredlwmThird revision.
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-This document aims to describe the basics of IRC and respective applications for Linux.
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-----; __Table of Contents__; 1. Introduction: ; 1.1. Objectives; 1.2. Miscellaneous; 1.3. Translations; 2. About IRC; 3. Beginner's guide on using IRC: ; 3.1. Running the ircII program; 3.2. Commands; 3.3. IRC Etiquette; 4. Console IRC Clients: ; 4.1. ircII; 4.2. EPIC; 4.3. BitchX; 4.4. irssi; 5. X Window IRC Clients: ; 5.1. Zircon; 5.2. Sula PrimeriX II; 5.3. xIrc; 5.4. KVIrc; 5.5. X-Chat; 5.6. QuIRC; 6. IRC Servers: ; 6.1. IRCD; 6.2. IRCD-Hybrid; 6.3. ircu; 6.4. Bahamut; 7. IRC Bots: ; 7.1. eggdrop; 8. IRC Bouncers (IRC Proxy): ; 8.1. bnc; 8.2. muh; 8.3. ezbounce; 9. Installation: ; 9.1. Clients; 9.2. Servers; 10. But what's already included in my distribution ? (Linux on x86): ; 10.1. Debian; 10.2. !RedHat; 10.3. Slackware; 11. Hell and Paradise: ; 11.1. Gods; 11.2. Saints; 11.3. Angels; 11.4. Devils; 12. Revision History----
-!!!1. Introduction
-
-This document is still WIP, and should be treated as such. I'll do my best to keep it updated and accurate.
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-The following bibles shouldn't be ignored:
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-RFC1459 by Jarkko Oikarinen and Darren Reed was the first about the Internet Relay Chat Protocol. It can be found at
-http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1459.txt.
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-*
-*
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-RFC2811 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC1459 and describes the Channel Management of the Internet Relay Chat. It can be found at
-http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2811.txt.
-
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-*
-*
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-RFC2812 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC1459 and describes the Client Protocol of the Internet Relay Chat. It can be found at
-http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2812.txt.
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-*
-*
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-RFC2813 by Christophe Kalt updates RFC1459 and describes the Server Protocol of the Internet Relay Chat. It can be found at
-http://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2813.txt.
-
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-*
-
-Also be sure to check the following links:
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-http://www.irchelp.org/.
-
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-!!1.1. Objectives
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-Among others, the objectives of this mini-HOWTO are:
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-Link important resources about IRC;
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-Avoid common misuses of IRC by writing an IRC Etiquette;
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-List popular clients, servers, bots, and bouncers, along with their maintainers, #channel, small description, download
-location, homepage, and hints;
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-List IRC tools available in the latest release of all major distributions.
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-*----
-!!1.2. Miscellaneous
-
-The latest version of this document is available at
-http://www.pervalidus.net/docs/IRC-mini-HOWTO/.
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-A WIP of the next draft may be available at
-http://www.pervalidus.net/docs/IRC-mini-HOWTO/WIP/.
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-All drafts are archived at
-http://www.pervalidus.net/docs/IRC-mini-HOWTO/old/.
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-You can e-mail me (in English, French, or Portuguese) with suggestions about the mini-HOWTO. I know this is far from
-finished, but hope you find it useful. Just don't ask me to add your application or site. Most likely I won't. Also don't ask
-for technical support. I have no time to help everyone.
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-
-BTW, someone to work on the protocol and server sides would be very welcome to join the project.
-
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-
-Fr�d�ric L. W. Meunier (`linuxdoc @ pervalidus.netb)
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-!!1.3. Translations
-
-Proposed translations will be linked here. Although I can write in Brazilian Portuguese and French, I'm not going to
-translate this document in the near future, so feel free to make them.
-
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-!!!2. About IRC
-
-Excerpt from RFC2810:
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-The IRC (Internet Relay Chat) protocol is for use with text based conferencing. It has been developed since 1989 when it
-was originally implemented as a mean for users on a BBS to chat amongst themselves.
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-First formally documented in May 1993 by RFC 1459
[[IRC
], the protocol has kept evolving.
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-The IRC Protocol is based on the client-server model, and is well suited to running on many machines in a distributed
-fashion. A typical setup involves a single process (the server) forming a central point for clients (or other servers) to
-connect to, performing the required message delivery/multiplexing and other functions.
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-This distributed model,
-which requires each server to have a copy of the global state information, is still the most flagrant problem of the protocol
-as it is a serious handicap, which limits the maximum size a network can reach. If the existing networks have been able keep
-growing at an incredible pace, we must thank hardware manufacturers for giving us ever more powerful systems.
-
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-!!!3. Beginner's guide on using IRC
-
-The standard IRC client is the original ircII client. It's part of most Linux distributions.
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-!!3.1. Running the ircII program
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-It's easy to use ircII. Let's say you want to connect to irc.freenode.net as mini-HOWTO.
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-At the command line, type:
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-$ irc mini-HOWTO irc.freenode.net
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-You can also export variables, so you won't need to use them at the command line:
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-$ export IRCNICK=mini-HOWTO IRCSERVER=irc.freenode.net
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-Add them to your shell profile (e.g. ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zprofile) when you're done.
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-Other common variables are IRCNAME and IRCUSER, to respectively set the ircname part of a /whois and username as seen at
-the first line 'mini-HOWTO is ~username@hostname (ircname)'. Keep in mind that IRCUSER won't work if you run an ident daemon
-(default on most distributions). If you still need to change your username (not recommended, and I hope you're not using IRC
-logged as root !), install oidentd from http://ojnk.sourceforge.net/, create
-/etc/identd.spoof with a list of users allowed to spoof their ident, and ~/.ispoof with their reply (e.g. reply). Finally run
-'/usr/local/sbin/oidentd -g nobody -N -s -u nobody'. Add this to your startup scripts (e.g. /etc/rc.d/rc.local) when you're
-done.
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-If not set, IRCNICK, IRCUSER, and IRCNAME will be retrieved from /etc/passwd .
-
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-!!3.2. Commands
-
-Use /help to get a list on all available commands (/help help is a good start). Replace ''nick'' by any
-IRCNICK.
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-First, /set NOVICE off
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-/nick IRC-mini-HOWTO changes your IRCNICK to ''IRC-mini-HOWTO''
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-/set realname The Linux IRC mini-HOWTO changes your IRCNAME to ''The Linux IRC mini-HOWTO'' (doesn't change
-on the same connection)
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-/j #!LinPeople joins channel ''#!LinPeople''
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-/j #Slackware joins channel ''#Slackware''
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-/j #!LinPeople changes the active current channel to ''#!LinPeople''
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-/msg ''nick'' Hi. sends a private message to ''nick'' containing ''Hi.''
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-/notice ''nick'' (or #!LinPeople) Hi. sends a notice to ''nick'' (or #!LinPeople) containing ''Hi.''
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-/query ''nick'' starts a private conversation with ''nick''. /query ends the private conversation
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-/me loves ''Linux.'' sends an action to the current channel or query containing ''IRC-mini-HOWTO loves Linux.''
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-/dcc chat ''nick'' starts a chat with ''nick''. Use /msg =''nick'' (notice the ''='') to send messages over the chat
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-/dcc send ''nick'' /etc/HOSTNAME sends the given file to ''nick''
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-/dcc get ''nick'' receives the file offered by ''nick''
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-/part leaves the active current channel
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-/part #Slackware leaves channel #Slackware
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-/discon disconnects from current IRCSERVER
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-/server irc.dal.net connects to IRCSERVER irc.dal.net
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-/quit Bye. quits your IRC session with a reason ''Bye.''
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-*----
-!!3.3. IRC Etiquette
-
-WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING
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-Never use IRC logged as root or any user with excessive privileges. Bad things may happen sooner or later. You were warned.
-It's safe if you create 2 users, one of them to only use IRC.
-
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-*
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-$ man adduser
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-On Linux channels you shouldn't:
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-Act as an idiot. If you want to be respected, then first respect each other.
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-Use colors (^C). Most Linux users don't tolerate such mIRC crazes, and ircII doesn't really support them. The same should
-apply for ANSI.
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-*
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-Use full CAPS, bold (^B), reverse (^V), underline (^_), blink (^F), and bell (^G). The first 4 are
here to emphasize words,
-not the whole text. The last 2 are just very annoying.
-
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-*
-*
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-Ask if you can ask a question. Just ask, but first read all documentation available on the subject. Start looking at /usr/doc/ , otherwise go to http://www.linuxdoc.org/ or http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/. And don't repeat your question
-immediately. Wait at least 10 minutes. If you don't get any answer it's because nobody knows or wants to help. Respect their
-choice, they're not your personal assistant. Also never send mass private messages. It's like SPAM.
-
-
-*----
-!!!4. Console IRC Clients
-!!4.1. ircII
-
-''Maintainer:'' ircII project (`ircii @ eterna.com.aub)
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-''IRC Channel:'' #ircII (official channel ?) on EFNet
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-Originally written by Michael Sandrof, ircII comes with most Linux distributions. It uses termcap and shouldn't be a
-choice for most users, but is a standard. Mathusalem and other gurus will use it. Less ventured will regret to have it
-installed.
-
-
-
-You can get the latest version of ircII from ftp://ircftp.au.eterna.com.au/pub/ircII/.
-Homepage at http://www.eterna.com.au/ircii/.
-
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-!!4.2. EPIC
-
-''Maintainer:'' EPIC Software Labs (`ircii-epic @ concentric.netb)
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-''IRC Channel:'' #EPIC on EFNet
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-Based on ircII, EPIC (Enhanced Programmable ircII Client) is meant for real scripters and users searching freedom. When
-you start it for the first time you'll notice that you should really learn the basics of scripting.
-
-
-
-You can get the latest version of EPIC from ftp://ftp.epicsol.org/pub/epic/.
-Homepage at http://www.epicsol.org/.
-
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-!!4.3. BitchX
-
-''Maintainer:'' Colten Edwards (`edwards @ bitchx.dimension6.comb)
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' #BitchX on EFNet
-
-
-
-Based on ircII and EPIC, BitchX could be compared to the Pine MUA. Bloatware (doesn't mean you shouldn't use it) and
-widely used. The choice for users that want a client with built-in facilities. It can be built with the GNOME libraries by
-using the configure option --with-gtk. Don't be surprised if all you get is a XTerm-BitchX instead.
-
-
-
-You can get the latest version of BitchX from ftp://ftp.bitchx.com/pub/BitchX/source/.
-Homepage at http://www.bitchx.com/.
-Homepage of gtkBitchX at http://www.bitchx.org/gtk/.
-
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-!!4.4. irssi
-
-''Maintainer:'' Timo Sirainen (`tss @ iki.fib)
-
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' #irssi on FreeNode and IRCnet
-
-
-
-Timo released yagIRC ~3 years ago. It was a GUI client using the GTK+ toolkit. The army called on him, and the new
-maintainers wouldn't do the job. yagIRC passed away and he started irssi as a replacement. It used GTK+. GNOME and curses
-versions would appear later. As of .7.90 it's only a modular text mode client. Supports Perl scripting.
-
-
-
-You can get the latest version of irssi from http://irssi.org/?page=download.
-Homepage at http://irssi.org/.
-
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-!!!5. X Window IRC Clients
-!!5.1. Zircon
-
-''Maintainer:'' Lindsay F. Marshall (`Lindsay.Marshall @ ncl.ac.ukb)
-
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' None ?
-
-
-
-Written in Tcl/Tk, uses the native network communications of Tcl.
-
-
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-You can get the latest version of Zircon from ftp://catless.ncl.ac.uk/pub/.
-Homepage at http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Programs/Zircon/.
-
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-!!5.2. Sula PrimeriX II
-
-''Maintainer:'' Tano Fotang (`fotang @ yahoo.comb)
-
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' None ?
-
-
-
-Uses GTK+ or XForms, and Guile.
-
-
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-You can get the latest version of Sula PrimeriX II from http://spx.linuxatwork.at/#where-to-get-it.
-Homepage at http://spx.linuxatwork.at/.
-
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-!!5.3. xIrc
-
-''Maintainer:'' Robert Borrell (`borrell @ pobox.comb)
-
-
-
-''IRC Channel:'' None ?
-
-
-
-Using the Qt toolkit, xIrc is less featured than KVIrc. As an advantage, it's faster.
-
-
-
-You can get the latest version of xIrc from http://www.linuxlots.com/~xirc/download.html.
-Homepage at http://www.linuxlots.com/~xirc/.
-
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-!!5.4. KVIrc
-
-''Maintainer:'' Szymon Stefanek (`stefanek @ tin.itb)
-
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' #KVIrc on FreeNode
-
-
-
-Also written with the Qt toolkit, KVIrc is a beast. Supports DCC Voice, built-in scripting language, and plugins.
-
-
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-You can get the latest version of KVIrc from http://www.kvirc.net/download.html.
-Homepage at http://www.kvirc.net/.
-
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-!!5.5. X-Chat
-
-''Maintainer:'' Peter Zelezny (`zed @ linux.comb)
-
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' #Linux on !ChatJunkies
-
-
-
-Using GTK+ and optionally GNOME, supports Perl and Python scripting.
-
-
-
-You can get the latest version of X-Chat from http://xchat.org/download.html.
-Homepage at http://xchat.org/.
-
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-!!5.6. QuIRC
-
-''Maintainer:'' Patrick Earl (`quirc @ patearl.netb)
-
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' #QuIRC on DALnet
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-Using Tk, supports Tcl for scripting.
-
-
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-You can get the latest version of QuIRC from his Homepage at http://quirc.org/.
-
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-!!!6. IRC Servers
-!!6.1. IRCD
-
-''Maintainer:'' ircd developers(`ircd-dev @ irc.orgb)
-
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' #ircd on IRCnet
-
-
-
-The original IRC daemon, mainly used by IRCnet.
-
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-You can get the latest version of IRCD from ftp://ftp.irc.org/irc/server/.
-Homepage at http://www.irc.org/.
-
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-!!6.2. IRCD-Hybrid
-
-''Maintainer:'' (`ircd-hybrid @ the-project.orgb)
-
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' None ?
-
-
-
-Mainly used by EFNet.
-
-
-
-You can get the latest version of IRCD-Hybrid from ftp://ftp.blackened.com/pub/irc/hybrid/.
-Homepage at http://www.ircd-hybrid.net/.
-
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-!!6.3. ircu
-
-''Maintainer:'' Undernet Coder Committee (`coder-com @ undernet.orgb)
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-''IRC Channel:'' #ircu on Undernet
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-Mainly used by Undernet.
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-You can get the latest version of ircu from ftp://ftp.coder-com.undernet.org/ircu/.
-Homepage at http://coder-com.undernet.org/.
-
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-!!6.4. Bahamut
-
-''Maintainer:'' DALnet Coding Team (`bahamut @ bahamut.netb)
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' #Bahamut on DALnet
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-Based on !DreamForge and Hybrid, Bahamut is the DALnet server.
-
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-You can get the latest version of Bahamut from http://bahamut.dal.net/download/.
-Homepage at http://bahamut.dal.net/.
-
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-!!!7. IRC Bots
-!!7.1. eggdrop
-
-''Maintainer:'' (`eggdev @ eggheads.orgb)
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-
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-''IRC Channel:'' #eggdrop on Undernet
-
-
-
-eggdrop is the most known Tcl enabled application on the Net. It's
-a channel robot for IRC that can be tailored to any situation.
-
-
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-You can get the latest version of eggdrop from ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/.
-Homepage at http://www.eggheads.org/.
-
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-!!!8. IRC Bouncers (IRC Proxy)
-!!8.1. bnc
-
-''Maintainer:'' None ?
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-
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-''IRC Channel:'' None ?
-
-
-
-bnc is the original bouncer.
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-You can get the latest version of bnc from !LinuxBerg.
-
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-!!8.2. muh
-
-''Maintainer:'' Sebastian Kienzl (`zap @ riot.orgb)
-
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' None ?
-
-
-
-muh is a smart and versatile irc-bouncing tool that will also go
-on IRC as soon as it's launched, guarding or attempting to get your
-nick.
-
-
-
-You can get the latest version of muh from http://mind.riot.org/muh/download.rt.
-Homepage at http://mind.riot.org/muh/.
-
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-!!8.3. ezbounce
-
-''Maintainer:'' Murat Delig�n�l (`druglord @ freelsd.orgb)
-
-
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-''IRC Channel:'' None ?
-
-
-
-ezbounce's basic features include password protection, remote
-administration, logging and listening on multiple ports.
-
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-You can get the latest version of ezbounce from his Homepage at http://druglord.freelsd.org/ezbounce/.
-
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-!!!9. Installation
-!!9.1. Clients
-
-All popular clients use ''GNU'' autoconf and ''GNU'' automake, thus come with a
-configure script. Read the installation instructions after you unpack the sources. Be sure you have the required libraries in
-order to build. Doing cd sources;mkdir objdir;cd objdir; ../configure --help;../configure
-''your_options_here'';make;make install (or make install_strip) b ~/sources_install.log is the right
-procedure. Also note that for ircII, EPIC, and BitchX you should really edit include/config.h to suit your
-needs.
-
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-!!9.2. Servers
-
-Do you really need help to set up a server ?
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-
-
-~$ vim ircd.conf
-
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-!!!10. But what's already included in my distribution ? (Linux on x86)
-!!10.1. Debian
-
-IRC Channel: #Debian on OPN
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-
-Debian includes too many IRC tools to list. You can find them at the
-following places:
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-*
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-Debian stable.
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-*
-*
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-Debian unstable (didn't receive enough testing).
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-*
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-Also be sure to check the proposed updates. It may have IRC clients as well.
-
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-*
-*
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-Debian non-free (applications with a restrictive license) contains cIRCus.
-
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-*----
-!!10.2. !RedHat
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-IRC Channel: #!RedHat on OPN (not official)
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-!RedHat 7.1 includes the following clients:
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-*
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-ircII 4.4Z.
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-*
-*
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-KSirc from KDE Network 2.1.1.
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-*
-*
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-X-Chat 1.6.3.
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-*
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-*
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-!RedHat Powertools (what's worth but they don't want to include or can't) 7.1 includes the following clients:
-
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-*
-*
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-BitchX
-and gtkBitchX
-1.0c17.
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-*
-*
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-EPIC4 2000.
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-*
-*
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-KVIrc 2.1..
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-*
-*
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-tkIRC 2.43.
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-*
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-!RedHat !RawHide (current development)
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-*
-*
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-ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/. Use at your own risk.
-
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-*----
-!!10.3. Slackware
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-IRC Channel: #Slackware on OPN
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-Slackware 8.0 includes the following clients:
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-*
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-BitchX 1.0c18
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-EPIC4 1..1
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-KSirc from KDE Network 2.1.1.
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-X-Chat 1.6.4.
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-Slackware -current (current development)
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-*
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-ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/. Use at your own risk.
-
-
-*----
-!!!11. Hell and Paradise
-!!11.1. Gods
-
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-*
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-Thanks to all authors. Without their hard and volunteer work I'd never write it, and we'd never get our hands on Linux (and IRC).
-
-
-*----
-!!11.2. Saints
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-*
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-Put your name here.
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-*----
-!!11.3. Angels
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-
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-*
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-Put your name here.
-
-
-*----
-!!11.4. Devils
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-*
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-Khaled Mardam-Bey must be stopped '':)''
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-*
-*
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-'If idiots could fly, IRC would be an airport'. I don't know who wrote that, but it makes sense. For those of you using IRC to
-annoy and piss off I ordered a /kill for Christmas.
-
-
-*----
-!!!12. Revision History
-
-
-
-
-*
-
-20010701 - v0
.2, third draft
-
-
-*
+Describe
[HowToIRC
] here.
