How to install sBNC

Introduction

shroudBNC is an IRC network bouncer software written in C++. It comes with various modules and features that can be modified and extended with TCL scripts to your usage requirements.

Installation

This tutorial its for Debian 8 but should work for latest Debian and Ubuntu versions as well.

First you need to install some packages to compile sBNC from source:

• sudo apt-get install build-essential tcl8.5-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev

Now you are ready to start the sBNC installation with this commands:

• adduser sbnc
• su sbnc
• wget http://shroudbnc.info/files/sbnc/sbnc-1.3.9.tar.gz
• tar -zxvf sbnc-1.3.9.tar.gz
• cd sbnc-1.3.9
• ./configure --prefix=/home/sbnc/bnc
• make
• make install

If you would like to install the lastest stable version or another one click here for the list.




Configuration

After installing the necessary packages and sBNC, you can configure and initialize sBNC using this command:

• cd bnc/bin
• ./sbnc --config /home/sbnc/bnc

If for any reason your server reboots or loses network connectivity, sBNC will lose it too. To automatically start sBNC on boot, check this link.