To install UnrealIRCd on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OS X and other *NIX systems you generally compile and install from source. In addition to that you will also need to configure UnrealIRCd.<\/p>\n
At a minimum, UnrealIRCd needs a compiler and the OpenSSL library. Even better is if you install a few other libraries, but this is not required as UnrealIRCd will fallback to its own libraries if you miss them.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config gdb libssl-dev libpcre2-dev libargon2-dev libsodium-dev libc-ares-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev<\/code><\/li>\n- Ubuntu 18.*:\u00a0
sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config gdb libssl-dev libpcre2-dev libargon2-0-dev libsodium-dev libc-ares-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev<\/code><\/li>\n- Ubuntu 16.*:\u00a0
sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config gdb libssl-dev libpcre2-dev libsodium-dev libc-ares-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev<\/code><\/li>\n- Debian 9\/10:\u00a0
sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config gdb libssl-dev libpcre2-dev libargon2-0-dev libsodium-dev libc-ares-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev<\/code><\/li>\n- For unlisted Linux distro’s which use apt-get, the minimum requirement is:\u00a0
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev<\/code><\/li>\n- For Linux distro’s that use yum: you need a compiler and the openssl-dev\/openssl-devel\/libssl-dev package.<\/li>\n
- For FreeBSD: your system normally already has a compiler and the openssl development library installed, so you are good to go.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If, for some reason, you are curious what libraries UnrealIRCd uses or can use, then see\u00a0Libraries used by UnrealIRCd<\/a>.<\/p>\nGrab the source (.tar.gz)<\/span><\/h1>\nFrom the shell<\/span><\/h2>\nConnect to the *NIX server via SSH. All the following commands execute on the *NIX server.<\/p>\n
wget --trust-server-names https:\/\/www.unrealircd.org\/downloads\/unrealircd-latest.tar.gz<\/pre>\nOn FreeBSD you may have to use:<\/p>\n
fetch https:\/\/www.unrealircd.org\/downloads\/unrealircd-latest.tar.gz<\/pre>\nIf neither works, for example you get an ‘unknown command’ then you should install the ‘wget’ package on your system or try uploading (see next).<\/p>\n
Alternative: uploading to shell<\/span><\/h2>\nYou can also choose to download the .tar.gz of UnrealIRCd via your browser, save it to disk, and then upload it to the shell via SCP or SFTP.<\/p>\n
Extract the source<\/span><\/h1>\nExtract the .tar.gz and enter the unrealircd-x.y.z directory:<\/p>\n
tar xzvf unrealircd-6.0.X.tar.gz\r\ncd unrealircd-6.0.X\r\n<\/pre>\nReplace the\u00a06.0.X<\/code>\u00a0with the actual version number!<\/p>\nNOTE: There’s some logic here. If the file is called, say,\u00a0unrealircd-6.0.0.tar.gz<\/code>\u00a0then it will extract to the\u00a0unrealircd-6.0.0\/<\/code>\u00a0directory. The he directory name is different for each release to make sure you don’t accidentally overwrite your existing installation.<\/p>\nCompiling<\/span><\/h1>\nFirst, run the\u00a0.\/Config<\/b>\u00a0script which will ask a number of questions. You can just press Enter to accept the default answers.<\/p>\n.\/Config\r\n<\/pre>\nNow, compile UnrealIRCd by running\u00a0make<\/b>, this may take a minute (or two):<\/p>\nmake\r\n<\/pre>\nFinally, run\u00a0make install<\/b>\u00a0(important!):<\/p>\nmake install\r\n<\/pre>\nCreating a configuration file<\/span><\/h1>\nUnrealIRCd needs a configuration file. Don’t worry, you don’t have to create this file from scratch. We ship with an example configuration file that you have to walk through and tweak at a few places:<\/p>\n
\n- Change to the installed UnrealIRCd directory, this is\u00a0\/home\/yourusername\/unrealircd<\/i>\u00a0by default (For more information on the directory structure see\u00a0UnrealIRCd files and directories<\/a>).\n
cd ~\/unrealircd<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
- Copy conf\/example\/example.conf to your conf\/ directory and rename it to\u00a0unrealircd.conf<\/b>\n
cp conf\/examples\/example.conf conf\/unrealircd.conf<\/pre>\nTIP: Is your native language\u00a0not English<\/u>? Then check the conf\/examples directory. We ship with several example configuration files in different languages. If you want to use one of those, simply copy that one instead.<\/li>\n- Open the file with an editor (eg:\u00a0nano conf\/unrealircd.conf<\/b>)<\/li>\n
- Read the\u00a0Configuration file syntax<\/a>\u00a0article<\/b>. It will only take a few minutes and will save you a lot of trouble in next step(s)!<\/li>\n
- Walk through the unrealircd.conf block by block \/ line by line and edit the settings to suit your needs. This takes 10 – 20 minutes.
\nDO NOT RUSH THIS<\/u>\u00a0because you NEED to change some values, otherwise the server will refuse to start!<\/li>\n- Boot UnrealIRCd by running\u00a0.\/unrealircd start<\/b>\u00a0from your ~\/unrealircd directory.<\/li>\n
- Errors while trying to start UnrealIRCd?\n
\n- Did you really go through the config file from top to bottom? You need to, because some values MUST be changed.<\/li>\n
- Read the error on your screen and edit your unrealircd.conf to fix the error, then try starting UnrealIRCd again.<\/li>\n
- See the\u00a0FAQ<\/a>\u00a0for common configuration mistakes!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Up and running? Connect with an IRC client to your server and have fun. See next section too.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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