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1) Download eggdrop1.6.17.tar.gz from the eggheads ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/sour ... .17.tar.gz
2) Telnet and FTP to the shell.
3) Upload eggdrop1.6.17.tar.gz via FTP.
4) In telnet type tar zxvf eggdrop1.6.17.tar.gz
5) Type cd eggdrop1.6.17
6) Type ./configure
7) Type make config (compiles all modules) or make iconfig (allows you to select the modules to compile).
8) Type make
9) Type make install DEST=/home/name/botdir
10) Switch to the botdir and edit the sample config file eggdrop.conf, then rename it to something appropriate (e.g. botnick.conf).
11) Type ./eggdrop -m <config file>

this everythink you need to do and you are on :-)

better run a precompiled one

Yeah but i like more to make it my self :-)

you can do 2 things:
either copy the file in to /usr/lib
or configure with this option:
./configure --prefix=/usr

N.B whereis the getegg script ?

Type "get" :-)