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<b>Install KiwiIRC on Debian</b>
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A some people know, I use IRC a lot. Especially in combination with
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ZNC, a bouncer for all my IRC connections. But sometimes you need an
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IRC client in a browser with just your own settings. Therefore, how
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to install the fantastic webbased IRC client Kiwiirc on a Debian based
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server.
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I presume you already have git working. Otherwise, install it
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(apt-get install git). Fist we need a working server with node.js. So
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let's install all the software as root:
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apt-get install npm
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The problem is that Debian uses the 'nodejs'binary, but the whole rest
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of the world called this file 'node'. So we have to link it to the
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right name before starting the installer.
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ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
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After installing all the software, we could become the user with should
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run KiwiIRC. Probably you wouldn't want to run this as root! So find a
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nice place to store the software (/home/kiwiirc if the user is called
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kiwiirc) and make a git clone of the software tree.
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git clone https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC.git && cd KiwiIRC
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I ran into a problem with ZNC. It wouldn't connect to ZNC, but it
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should. After upgrading from stable to the development, it worked. If
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you have no problems at all, stay with the stable branch.
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git checkout development
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Copy the config file, edit it to your prefecences and do a rebuild.
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This wil generate all you needed files. Remember that after changing
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the configfile, you have to run the build script!
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cp config.example.js config.js
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nano config.js
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./kiwi build
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After all this trouble, you can start your webbased IRC client! The
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first is for starting in the background, the second if you want to run
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it in the forground, (debuging)
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./kiwi start
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./kiwi -f start
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Happy chatting!
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