So today my goal was to get an IRC client in linux finally (after putting it off four about 6 months) i tried to get xchat to work, but the rpm fails to notice that i have openssl installed (and therefore libcrypto and libssl) and the source fails to compile after a successful ./configure

B*tchX has the precompiled binary that has more than a few problems, and the source also fails to compile after a successful ./compile

does anyone have a recommendation besides these two clients?

command line preferred but a GUI app will be ok too

Don't have any great recommendations but in the meantime if you've got Pidgin it can connect to IRC.

Linuxhaxor has a list with some suggestions that you can try

i did have a look through those, unfortunately some of them haven't been updated since 1994 :( b*tchx is a fork from ircII as is EPIC (didn't try that one, next on my list)

try irssi

thanks bp i will definitely check that one out :)

well mate...

my first choice would go for XChat... but... i remember i've used something like Konversation on a OpenSUSE instalation and it wasnt that bad... ( looked alot as the windows mIRC ) and has u are using rpm and i used rpm on OpenSUSE aswell, you might wanna give it a go...


GL & HF

i'll have to look at it, i use either rpm or tar.gz depending on the software, but xchat failed miserably no matter which way i worked it, so i'll wait for an update as i'm not in the mood to fix the source right now

Don't know if it helps but im using chatzilla firefox addon

i'm not one for using firefox

i actually remove it from my linux install when i first setup the install software

try KVIrc

If you are running gnome try Smuxi, I am currently using it and am very happy with it. I'm running Ubuntu Jaunty and apt-get is my hero.

well i'm using konversation for now, even though i'm on gnome and it's KDE it's the only one that has worked so far, i'm still making my way down the posts though, so i will try all the other suggestions as well :) thanks all

Yep, thats my client of choice too! Very powerful.

yeah i just got it installed and working, it's taking some time to get it configured and learn all the features in it, but i'm liking what it has to offer so far :)

Another package I forgot to mention would be BitchX. Worth checking out too.

try Quassel Irc comes default with kubuntu
have tried it out though

So whats exactly wrong with BitchX? I mean it wants to compile but it can't.

not sure what the compile error was as it was so long ago and i got irssi working and learned it a bit so stuck with that

I have used Irssi, but there is also finch that is CLI IM and IRC. I believe it is installed if you compile from source, Pidgin.[pidgin.com]

r00t@mc68060:~$ irc
The program 'irc' can be found in the following packages:
* epic4
* epic5
* ircii
* sirc
Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package>
r00t@mc68060:~$ ^C

I love me some IRC. Freenode is a nice server with a good few +s social channels for you to find.