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Installing UnrealIRCD

UnrealIRCD Installation.

First off get the latest version of UnrealIRCD http://www.unrealircd.com/downloads.php . Make sure you select the “Source” Version, and the United States mirror. Now press download. When the download pop up comes up, press cancel. On this page you will see a ‘Direct Download’ Link. Right click on it, and select “Copy Link Location”. Now SSH into your Shell and do the following.

Enter Home Directory

cd ~

Retrieve the source code of UnrealIRCD to your home directory.

wget http://files.alexisnet.net/unreal/Unreal3.2.7.tar.gz (example link)

Extracting the archived source code.

tar xvfz Unreal*tar.gz

Entering the UnrealIRCD source directory.

cd Unreal*

Running the configuration script.

./Config

Follow the Instructions closely, everything you don’t know leave as default.

Compile the Source code.

(g)make

UnrealIRCD has now been successfully installed on your shell and is ready for configuration. If you need help with configuration you can read our UnrealIRCD Configuration Tutorial.

2 Responses to “Installing UnrealIRCD”

  1. Jason Briges |

    Thanks a lot for this tutorial it has helped a lot. One thing i think you should add is the ./Config options more in detail. Anyways, just wanted to say thanks for this really helpful tutorial.

  2. s0d |

    Jason,

    We will be adding the information you seek, however most of the common options people will need will be the default.