Hackathons/Laptop setup/Linux IRC
On Linux, we'll be using HexChat, a popular graphical IRC chat client.
IRC client setup instructions
edit- Start the software manager application of your system.
- Search for HexChat.
- Install the HexChat package.
IRC client practice: joining the MediaWiki channel
editDuring this workshop we'll get practice using IRC and help each other as we contribute to project in the #mediawiki
channel on the Libera Chat network.
Here are the connection details for joining the Libera Chat network and the MediaWiki IRC channel:
IRC server name: irc.libera.chat channel name: #mediawiki
- Start HexChat
- Go to the HexChat menu, choose "Network list"
- Set the "Nick name" and "User name" fields to the same value.
- Make sure this value is unique - if it is not, you may need some extra steps later.
- If it exists, choose Libera Chat in the list of networks (Libera Chat is a network created in May 2021, when we moved from Freenode to Libera Chat, so it is only listed by default in recent Hexchat versions)
- Click the "Edit..." button next to the list of networks.
- If it does not exist:
- Click "Add" next to the list of networks.
- Enter "Libera Chat" and press Enter.
- Click the "Edit..." button next to the list of networks.
- Click "Add" at the top.
- Enter "irc.libera.chat/6697" and press Enter.
- Make sure that "Use SSL for all the servers on this network" is enabled
- Make sure that "Login method" is set to "SASL (username + password)"
- Set a password in the "Password" field near the bottom of the edit window. Remember this password.
- Click "Close".
- Click "Connect".