How to install and configure eggdrop

Bettet · Post by **Bettet** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:13 am

Hello guys, i've been behind eggdrop for about a week still i couldn't make it.

I could install eggdrop but while installing it creates 2 eggdrop folders on the shell. The second case is i dont know what are the main options i have to set it on the config to make the bot connect to my IRC. I was trying this process for along time googling and stuffs like that and now finall i found this forums. I hope this would help me out.

Could you guys please tell me what are the main options on the config that i;ve to set to make the bot connect.?

Thanks in advance

Bettet · Post by **Bettet** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:12 am

Sorry for the spam,

Never mind about the installation process, i did it good.

Now the second part of configuring it, i dont know what are the main option i have to set it to make it connect but see this message when i started the bot

Eggdrop v1.6.21 (C) 1997 Robey Pointer (C) 2011 Eggheads
[16:08:57] --- Loading eggdrop v1.6.21 (Tue Oct 7 2014)
[16:08:57] Listening at telnet port 60023 (all).
[16:08:57] Module loaded: dns
[16:08:57] Module loaded: channels
[16:08:57] Module loaded: server
[16:08:57] Module loaded: ctcp
[16:08:57] Module loaded: irc
[16:08:57] Module loaded: transfer (with lang support)
[16:08:57] Module loaded: share
[16:08:57] Module loaded: console (with lang support)
[16:08:57] Module loaded: blowfish
[16:08:57] Userinfo TCL v1.07 loaded (URL BF GF IRL EMAIL DOB PHONE ICQ).
[16:08:57] use '.help userinfo' for commands.
[16:08:57] Creating channel file
[16:08:57] Writing channel file...

STARTING BOT IN USERFILE CREATION MODE.
Telnet to the bot and enter 'NEW' as your nickname.
OR go to IRC and type: /msg DrFalken hello
This will make the bot recognize you as the master.

[16:08:57] === DrFalken: 1 channels, 0 users.
Launched into the background (pid: 9951)

but no bots connected to the channel yet.

Post by **willyw** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 9:06 am

Explore this website more.

It is true that the forum here holds much information. But so does the rest of this website.

http://www.egghelp.org/setup.htm
and read, and follows the links within that page to read even more.

This might be helpful too:
http://eggwiki.org/Eggdrop.conf
as it is color coded.

but no bots connected to the channel yet.

Making the bot join a channel is not your first priority. Don't worry about that right now.
First, you must be able to log into your bot's partyline. From there, is where you control it.

Bettet · Post by **Bettet** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:46 am

Right, i've done most of the things right. it says it launched into the background but not yet connected to the channel but it says so.

What is the option to connect it to IRC channel (the main option), that just could ya help me out

Post by **willyw** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 11:04 am

Bettet wrote: ...
What is the option to connect it to IRC channel (the main option), ...

The partyline command : .+chan

You can read about it here on this website, or with : .help +chan

Bettet · Post by **Bettet** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 1:58 pm

willyw wrote:
Bettet wrote: ...
What is the option to connect it to IRC channel (the main option), ...
The partyline command : .+chan

You can read about it here on this website, or with : .help +chan

To add a channel to eggdrop, please enter the bot's partyline and type
# .+chan #channel.

It says to enter the bots party, what it would look like i mean the partyline. And where do i use it? inside of config file?

Post by **willyw** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:20 pm

Bettet wrote: ...
It says to enter the bots party,

I think you forgot to say what "it" is.
What are you talking about.... ?

.. what it would look like i mean the partyline. And where do i use it? inside of config file?

The partyline?

I already gave you info on that:

http://www.egghelp.org/setup.htm
and read, and follows the links within that page to read even more.

Which part of the info and info in the link(s) found there, was not clear?
Perhaps we can explain, if you are specific.

Bettet · Post by **Bettet** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:26 pm

Yeah you already gave me the links, but i didn't get what it exactly means. What i want now is to connect the damn bot to my irc channel. It says launched onto the background but not yet connected, I've been after this for a week or so still nothing is done about this. Sorry i'm a newbie in this thats why i'm asking stuffs over and over again.

Post by **willyw** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:49 pm

Bettet wrote: ...
Yeah you already gave me the links, but i didn't get what it exactly means.

And I said to be specific if you needed help with something you read.
This, " i didn't get what it exactly means. " is not specific.

What i want now is to connect the damn bot to my irc channel.

And I already told you not to worry about that for now. First, you need to be able to log into the bot.
Perhaps I've missed it - but so far you have no indicated that you can do that yet. You've actually indicated that you have not logged into bot's partyline yet.

It says launched onto the background but not yet connected,

It says that it is not yet connected??
Your earlier post didn't show that. It showed :

[16:08:57] === DrFalken: 1 channels, 0 users.
Launched into the background (pid: 9951)

That indicates that it is connected.

You can try running the bot with the -n switch. That will keep it from going into the background, and can be useful sometimes, for seeing what is going on when trying to track down problems.

I've been after this for a week or so still nothing is done about this.

After that much time, I'm sure you are frustrated.

Sorry i'm a newbie in this thats why i'm asking stuffs over and over again.

But why?
You are apt to get the same answer(s), over and over again. Or ignored.
Just like right now... in a previous post, I directed you to things to read, and told you that if you have specific questions about what you read, then ask about them. Just be specific.
Since you are not being specific, it seems that you simply haven't read.

So first things first.
Read.
Be sure that you can get into the partyline. (That's what those links are about)
Once you are logged in there, then you can use lots of commands, to control your bot. They are all listed on this same site, and also in .help within the bot.
And again... if you need specific help on one, just ask.

Post by **SpiKe^^** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:44 pm

DCC chat your bot... Type in your password when asked to do so... Poof, you're on the partyline:)
Read that login screen, it is full of good stuff... Type .help and move on from there.

Bettet · Post by **Bettet** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:13 pm

SpiKe^^ wrote:Type .help and move on from there.

On the shell you mean?

Bettet · Post by **Bettet** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:33 am

while typing that on the shell it says

-bash: .help: command not found

I dont know where else to type that

Post by **SpiKe^^** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:41 am

How about in the open dcc chat partyline