New to IRC best way to setup a IRC Server on my PC.
reddit / irc

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bananasodas · 2023-12-03 22:15

Hey! i just wanted to know if there's any good tutorials on setting up
a IRC server on windows 11, i just wanted to mess around with it with
some friends.

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kungen732 · 2023-12-03 22:32

Get WSL, install Debian, install IRC server

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nawcom · 2023-12-03 23:15

UnrealIRCd releases builds for Windows, so if you don't want to get
yourself acquainted with a unix-based OS, use that.

https://www.unrealircd.org/docs/Installing\_(Windows)

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bananasodas · 2023-12-03 23:41

Thanks man! Right now im following the advice of someone else and i
have Debian pulled up on wsl

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bananasodas · 2023-12-03 23:44

Im totally new to most tech stuff so how would i go about installing
an irc server? i have debian pulled up and i'm confused on where to go
with it. Thanks in advance!

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ruralexcursion · 2023-12-04 21:30

Respectfully, if you are "new to most tech stuff", setting up your own
IRC server may not be for you just yet.

WSL - Windows Subsystem for Linux

[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-
us/windows/wsl/install](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-
us/windows/wsl/install)

Once you get that up and running, you can choose a distro to install.
Debian was recommended but you could use Ubuntu too; which is a Debian
fork.

Then you can install IRC server:

[https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/irc-
server#1-overview](https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/irc-server#1-overview)

Good luck on your IRC journey :)