1. First install eggdrop using apt-get or synaptic if you prefer that:
sudo apt-get install eggdrop2. Download the simple.conf file from here:
http://www.egghelp.org/files/conf/simple.conf.gzand unpack it.
cd ~3. Open the simple.conf file in your home directory with a text editor of your choice (vi, nano, pico whatever). I'll use nano in my example because that's what I'm most familiar with:
wget http://www.egghelp.org/files/conf/simple.conf.gz
gunzip simple.conf.gz
nano simple.conf4. Now we are editing the simple.conf configuration file. This simple file has very self-explanatory comments to explain what each setting does. Edit them to suit your needs. There are very few things you need to change, and each line has instructions preceding it. The only thing you must take care of is this line:
set username "user"5. For some reason, I could get eggdrop to work only from /usr/lib/eggdrop directory, and only as a regular user (sudo will not work). So let's make the eggdrop directory writable first:
sudo chmod 777 /usr/lib/eggdrop -R6. Now let's run eggdrop for the first time using the simple.conf file.
/usr/lib/eggdrop -m ~/simple.conf7. in the IRC channel, you will also be given instructions to prove your ownership of the bot. By default, you can send HELLO as a private message to the bot and it'll recognize your ownership. Remember to login to IRC using the same nickname as you defined in the simple.conf file in the bot owner section.
/msg yourbotname HELLO8. Now let's set this bot to start with the Ubuntu startup.
First make a shell script that starts eggdrop with your conf file:
sudo nano /etc/init.d/eggbot9. Now let's make the file executable.
#!/bin/sh
Echo "Starting Eggdrop IRC bot..."
cd /usr/lib/eggdrop
sudo -u username eggdrop /home/username/simple.conf
sudo chmod a+x /etc/init.d/eggbot10. Finally let's tell the system about the new file named eggbot we put in /etc/init.d directory so it updates its information:
sudo update-rc.d eggbot defaultsSource : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1028042
