Setting up eggdrop
Eggdrop is an open source IRC bot. Since no ArchWiki article exists for eggdrop, here’s a quick getting started guide.
Download the aur eggdrop package:
$ yaourt -S eggdrop |
Copy the configuration file to a local directory:
# mkdir ~/.eggdrop # cp /etc/eggdrop.conf ~/.eggdrop |
Modify ~/.eggdrop/eggdrop.conf using the eggdrop wiki as a guide:
http://eggwiki.org/Eggdrop.conf
Start eggdrop:
cd ~/.eggdrop eggdrop eggdrop.conf |
Message your bot from your IRC client to setup an admin password:
/msg YourBotsName hello |
Control your bot by via DCC:
/ctcp YourBotsName chat /dcc chat YourBotsName |
To start eggdrop when you startx, add to ~/.xinitrc:
cd ~/.eggdrop && eggdrop eggdrop.conf &