Eggdrop


 * Eggdrop is the world's most popular open source IRC Bot.

Eggdrop 1.6.16 Release Candidate 1 Released! ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/1.6/RC/'

"..designed for flexibility and ease of use, and is freely distributable under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Eggdrop was originally developed by Robey Pointer; however, he no longer works on Eggdrop so please do not contact him for help solving a problem or bug.

Some features of Eggdrop:
- Designed to run on Linux, *BSD, SunOs, Windows, MacOS X, etc ...

- Extendable with tcl scripts and/or C modules

- Support for the big five IRC Networks (UnderNet, DalNet, EfNet, IrcNet, and QuakeNet)

- The ability to form botnets and share [[partyline]s and userfiles between bots

Some benefits of Eggdrop:

- The oldest IRC bot still in active development (Eggdrop was created in 1993)

- Established IRC help channels and web sites dedicated to Eggdrop

- Thousands of premade tcl scripts and C modules

- Best of all ... It's FREE!

Links

 * http://www.eggheads.org/


 * http://www.egghelp.org/


 * ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/


 * To get support via IRC: join #bots, #egghelp , #eggtcl on EfNet

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How to install an Eggdrop
The Short Short & Updated Version


 * ssh to the shell.


 * wget or ftp the source from [eggdrop1.6.16rc1]


 * UnPack it ( tar zxvf eggdrop1.6.16rc1.tar.gz )


 * Switch to the directory ( cd eggdrop1.6.16rc1 )


 * Start the config script ( ./configure )


 * Compile the modules ,either all ( make config ) or select some of them ( make iconfig ).


 * Compile the bot ( make )


 * Install it to a directory of your choice ( make install DEST=/home/name/botdir ).


 * Switch to the botdir and edit the sample config file eggdrop.conf, then rename it to something appropriate (e.g. botnick.conf).


 * Start the bot up in user-creation mode (only the first time) ( ./eggdrop -m ).


 * [TelNet Telnet] to the port you chose in the config file and type "NEW" as user. Setup your real user name and password.


 * Now you are owner of the bot, and from now on you start it without the -m option , just (./eggdrop ).


 * If you dont see it appearing on IRC right away, Telnet to the Partyline and try .jump irc.someserver.com


 * You should have setup your channels in the config, but if you activated dynamic channels you can now use .+chan #channel on the partyline to make your bot join additional channels.


 * Now learn the [PartylineCommands partyline commands] to setup users and give them the flags you want. (.+user, .adduser , .chattr) and generally .help . All [PartylineCommands partyline commands] beging with a "." Enjoy.

NOTE: you might want to "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib" or where ever your lib is...

Note: Eggdrop requires [Tcl] to compile. If the server does not have [Tcl] installed, you will need to download and [install] it.

Extensions / Scripts
Eggdrops can be heavily extended using tcl scripts.


 * [Eggdrop Tricks]

QuakeNet Auth
Need to know how to make your eggdrop auth to Q on QuakeNet ? Check Eggdrop/QuakeAuth

Unleaflike Behaviour
Get botnet disconnects because of "unleaflike behavior" ? It happens when you link 1.6.17 eggdrops to older versions. Read here why and how.

Misc / News

 * Topic is 'Eggdrop 1.6.16 Release Candidate 1 Released! ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/1.6/RC/


 * http://www.egghelp.org/files.htm


 * http://www.baschny.de/eggdrop/faq/faq-b.html