Get the Latest Release
Download the latest stable release directly to your shell by typing one of the following commands at your shell prompt.
wget http://www.geteggdrop.com
wget ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/1.6/eggdrop1.6.18.tar.gz
Use telnet or ssh to log into your shell (using a program like putty (http://www.putty.nl/)
Once you have the file you can proceed to install it. The file, if downloaded from the above location will be in a tarball archive. To extract the files from the archive type:
tar -zxvf eggdrop1.6.17.tar.gz
This will extract all the files to a directory called “eggdrop1.6.17″
Compiling
Next you need to enter the directory and compile your bot.
cd eggdrop1.6.17
./configure
Then type the following commands when prompted:
make config
make
Some of these steps may take a few minutes, especially on older systems.
Next you can either type
make install
This will install the eggdrop to /home/user/eggdrop (assuming your account is located in /home/user). Typing “pwd” at any time will show you the full path to your current location i.e. /home/user/eggdrop1.6.17
OR
If you would like to specify what directory you install the eggdrop in you can type
make install DEST=
Example:
make install DEST=/home/user/bot1
This is a very important step for Ubuntu
Type:
sudo apt-get install eggdrop
This will install eggdrop from the repositories specifically for ubuntu as the compiled executable will not work properly.
Once configured go back to your home directory and go into the eggdrop folder then type:
rm -rf eggdrop
sudo cp -r /usr/bin/eggdrop /home/yourusername/eggdrop/
sudo chown username:username eggdrop
Then you should be able to run eggdrop without having to have -n on the end.
Make an eggdrop.conf File
This next step requires you to read COMPLETELY through and make a config file to determine what your eggdrops name will be and what server it will be on. You will have eggdrop.conf in your directory. If your not sure just go for eggdrop.simple.conf it really isn’t that hard to edit, just make sure you read it through completely 
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Well now you have edited the .conf file you are ready to start your bot.
./eggdrop -m myfile.conf
