How To Install eggdrop on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eggdrop on Debian 11.
What is eggdrop
eggdrop is:
Eggdrop is an IRC bot written in C, which sits on channels and takes protective measures, such as preventing it from being taken over (in the few ways that anything can), recognizing banned users to reject them, recognizing privileged users to give them operator status, punishing users for things like flooding, among innumerable others.
All of this is completely configurable, and can be disabled or enabled as you wish in the configuration file. Also, it’s very easy to expand and customize with Tcl scripts and C modules, making it possible to adapt Eggdrop to any special need you might have.
There are three methods to install eggdrop on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install eggdrop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eggdrop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eggdrop
Install eggdrop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eggdrop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eggdrop
Install eggdrop Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install eggdrop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eggdrop
How To Uninstall eggdrop on Debian 11
To uninstall only the eggdrop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eggdrop
Uninstall eggdrop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eggdrop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eggdrop
Remove eggdrop Configurations and Data
To remove eggdrop configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eggdrop
Remove eggdrop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eggdrop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eggdrop
Dependencies
eggdrop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eggdrop package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.