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Step #1 – Install Packages

Update and Upgrade your system:
$ sudo apt update

Eggdrop:
$ sudo apt install tcl tcl-dev -y
$ sudo apt install openssl libssl-dev -y

Scripts:
$ sudo apt install tcllib -y
$ sudo apt install tcl-tls -y

Step #2 – Create a new user for Eggdrop

Add new user:
$ sudo adduser eggdrop

Switch user:
$ su eggdrop

Step #3 – Install Eggdrop

$ wget http://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/1.10/eggdrop-1.10.1.tar.gz
$ tar zxvf eggdrop-1.10.1.tar.gz
$ cd eggdrop-1.10.1

$ ./configure
$ make config
$ make
$ make install
$ cd ~/eggdrop
$ nano eggdrop.conf

After configuration is done, create userfile with this command: ./eggdrop -m eggdrop.conf

Start Eggdrop	$ `./eggdrop eggdrop.conf`
Stop #1 – Terminate All Eggdrop Processes	$ `pkill -15 eggdrop`
Stop #2 – Kill Process ID	$ `ps x` $ `kill -9 <pid>`

Step #4 – Setting up a Crontab using autobotchk

$ cd ~/eggdrop
$ cp scripts/autobotchk ..;
$ cd scripts
$ ./autobotchk eggdrop.conf -noemail -5