How to compile an eggdrop

• Log into your shell & type the commands specified below.
• wget ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/1.6/eggdrop1.6.21.tar.gz
• tar -zxpf eggdrop1.6.21.tar.gz
• cd eggdrop1.6.21
• ./configure
• make config
• make
• make install
• cd ~/eggdrop
• pico eggdrop.conf
• ./eggdrop -m
• Go on IRC & type the commands specified below.
• /msg BOTNICK hello
• /msg BOTNICK pass PASSWORD

Recommendations

• Use the latest eggdrop version
• Use the latest TCL stable version
• Use the latest version of a&a light
• Optimize scripts' quantity/quality you run on your eggdrop, don't overload it

Troubles

• TCL was not found
• configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
• error: 'Tcl_Interp' has no member named 'result'


The "error: 'Tcl_Interp' has no member named 'result'" appears because of TCL version 8.6 (being a beta 1 version so more unstable than 8.5). To solve this quickly delete the eggdrop1.6.21 folder, untar the eggdrop archive and './configure'. When finished, edit config.h (located in the eggdrop1.6.21 folder) and add at the end of the file:
#define USE_INTERP_RESULT 1
(don't touch/ignore the #, in C it's not a commented line). Then return to eggdrop installtion to step 'make config'.


• /usr/bin/install: cannot stat `eggdrop': No such file or directory
• strip terminated with signal 6
• Handle too short when adding users on networks with nicks longer than 9 chars
• make: Permission denied
• * The BOT doesn't appear on IRC