Eggdrop


 * Eggdrop is the world's most popular [OpenSource open source] [IrC irc] [BotS 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 GeneralPublicLicense (GPL).Eggdrop was originally developed by RobeyPointer; 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 Linux], [BsD *BSD], SunOs, WinDows, MacOS X, etc ...

- Extendable with [TCLScripts 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 partylines and userfiles between bots

Some benefits of Eggdrop:

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

- Established [EggDrops#IrcChannels IRC help channels] and web sites dedicated to Eggdrop

- Thousands of premade [TCLScripts tcl scripts] and C modules

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


 * http://www.eggheads.org/


 * http://www.egghelp.org/


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


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

Eggdrops can be heavily extended using tcl scripts


 * Eggdrop Tricks

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


 * 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