irssi SILC plugin on FreeBSD

compiling irssi-0.8.6.CVS with SILC support:

upon setting up silc.caffeine.nu (using silc protocol, not irc), the need for a good silc client to use was apparent. fortunately, i didn’t need a new client. just a plugin for my current client, irssi. i found a good page that has good instructions on how to build it. unfortunately, these instructions if followed exactly don’t work for freebsd boxen. so, now is the time that i play the role of freebsddiary.org and show what i did to get it compiled good.

first, i’ll assume that you’ve already looked at the site that has the original instructions for compiling the plugin and that you’ve already checked out the latest irssi cvs source. make sure you have the sources to silc-client, silc-plugin, and irssi all sitting in the same directory.

go into the silc-client directory and do ./configure --enable-ipv6 --without-irssi --enable-debug --without-iconv --without-pthreads. then do gmake to compile it. also, make sure you have /usr/ports/devel/automake/ and /usr/ports/devel/autoconf/ both installed or else it might give you some errors. note: you don’t have to install this.

next, go into the silc-plugin directory and run ./configure --with-irssi=/usr/home/genetik/cvs/irssi/ --with-silc=/usr/home/genetik/cvs/silc-client-0.9.11/ --without-threads --without-libiconv. adjust your paths appropriately. now go ahead and do a gmake CFLAGS="-g -O2". if it complains at you about -liconv, you’ll have to edit your Makefiles. just search through the Makefiles for “iconv” and get rid of any instance of it. after it finishes compiling, go ahead and do a gmake install. after that, go build and install irssi.cvs.

after starting up irssi. you’ll need to run /load silc. at this point, it’ll ask you for a passphrase for your public and private keys to be generated. after it generates them, go ahead and /connect to a silc server of your choice. if you need one to test it on, use silc.caffeine.nu. it runs on port 706 if you need to know for a firewall or something.

enjoy.

2003-02-27

warped tour 2003 is going to be another good one (duh?). lots of good bands are going to be at pittsburgh, i myself can’t wait to see yellowcard, taking back sunday, the ataris, thrice, and of course dropkick and less than jake as always. here’s a complete listing (as of today) of the bands definately playing at the pittsburgh show:

2002-08-10

since i finally got the xmms-extras package to compile on dustpuppy, i immediately started to work on getting the “what i’m listening to” string that you see at the in the upper-left working. woo. i rock. now you can see what great music i’m listening to.

send me an email if ever it doesn’t show up right.

2002-07-06

Filesystem    Size   Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/ad1s1e    30G   7.1G    20G    26%    /mnt/mp3
/dev/ad2s1e    41G    16G    22G    42%    /mnt/mp3/fullcds[0-M]
/dev/ad2s2e    38G    11G    24G    30%    /mnt/mp3/fullcds[N-Z]

mix that up a bit with 41 cd’s full of mp3s, my 208 capacity cd binder filled to the brim with warez, movies, games, and anime, and you be owned, brotha.

the guestbook is back online. after months of not doing anything with making a mysql backend to the guestbook, i just put it back up to it’s original version. i love laziness.

-peace.

2002-05-11

woo.. finally got a new hard drive for miranda. her old one was starting to lock up sometimes, so i figured i’d buy a bigger one. right now, i’m i’ve got most of the major things reinstalled on her. spent most of the day doing that kind of stuff. i also watched half of the cowboy bebop anime series. pretty much awesome so far. also, i’m back home for the summer which is kinda cool, but i’ll miss the 900k/sec up/down bandwidth. i’ve got a pretty nice playlist kickin right now consisting of the get up kids, riddlin' kids, and the ataris.

klf is gonna rock ya

i’m out. later.