What IRC servers are available for Ubuntu

Question

I want to setup an IRC server in my local network. I would like to know the IRC server options available for Ubuntu.
I heard that irc-hybrid is good. Do you have any other suggestions.
The thing is that I want to use an IRC server which is generally used by most of the Ubuntu community(who uses IRC server).
I would also like to know the exact steps to configure it.

Answer 1

This is answered thoroughly (including both server packages and installation instructions) here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IrcServer

Answer 2

This really is a matter of personal taste; I prefer Unreal myself but they are all fairly obtuse (likely by design, to keep "noobs" from operating IRC servers) and take some doing to set up, although ircd-hybrid as mentioned is probably an easier one. However, for an IRC server I've been running for a few years now on Ubuntu, I have been using Unreal 3.2 because I was most familiar with using networks that run Unreal.

Another important thing to consider is services, if you are new to IRC server administration you might be surprised to find out that things such as nickserv are not part of the IRC package but services. Anope is the most common to use with Unreal but it works with other IRC servers.

Answer 3

sudo apt-get install openssl libssl-dev

sudo apt-get install ircd-hybrid

sudo nano /etc/ircd-hybrid/ircd.conf

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sudo /etc/init.d/ircd-hybrid restart

/quote MODLOAD m_force.so

m_mkpasswd.so
m_opme.so
m_ojoin.so
m_roleplay.so
m_forcenick.so

http://www.installion.co.uk/ubuntu/saucy/universe/h/hybserv/en/install/index.html

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu saucy main universe

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install hybserv

sudo nano /etc/hybserv/hybserv.conf

sudo /etc/init.d/hybserv restart

Answer 4

Basic steps:

1. Find package
2. Decompress/install make package
3. Run package
4. Connect to service