wire is a command line client for the Wired 2.0 + 2.5 protocol.
This tutorial explains how to install and run wire on an UNIX-like operating system.
Ubuntu/Debian10 and higher only
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf git libxml2-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libreadline-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev
Fedora
sudo yum -y install git libtool openssl-devel sqlite-devel libxml2-devel zlib-devel readline-devel libcurl-devel autoconf gcc make
CentOS
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum -y install git libtool openssl-devel sqlite-devel libxml2-devel zlib-devel readline-devel libcurl-devel autoconf gcc make
openSUSE
sudo zypper install libtool libopenssl-devel sqlite3-devel libxml2-devel zlib-devel readline-devel libcurl-devel autoconf gcc make
Installing wire from sources will be done using the Autotools standard (configure, make, make install).
git clone https://github.com/ProfDrLuigi/wire
Then move to the wire directory:
cd wire/
Initialize and update submodules repositories:
git submodule update --init --recursive --remote
libwired/bootstrap
Then check that the libwired directory was not empty and configure file exists.
During the configuration, scripts will check that your environment fills the requirements described at the top of this document. You will be warned if any of the required component is missing on your operating system.
To start configuration, use the following command:
./configure
wire is designed to be installed into /usr/local/bin by default. To change this, run:
./configure --prefix=/path
If you installed OpenSSL in a non-standard path, use the following command example as reference:
env CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib ./configure
Use ./configure --help in order to display more options.
This will require write permissions to /usr/local/bin, or whatever directory you set as the prefix above. Depending of your OS setup, you may require to use sudo.
make
sudo make install
Don't forget to put your credentials into ~/.wire/config before you start the bot the first time.
To start the installed wire, run:
/usr/local/bin/./wire
Default path for the configuration file is:
~/.wire/config
Example configuration:
charset UTF-8
open -l USER -p PASSWORT -P PORT URL
nick YOUR_NAME
status YOUR_STATUS
icon /home/YOUR_USER/.wire/PICTURE.png
If you want to know the available commands of the wire type
/help
in the Chat Main window.
If you got/send a msg you can cycle through the windows with:
This implementation of the Wired 2.0/2.5 protocol is not compliant with the version of the protocol distributed by Zanka Software, for several deep technical reasons.
- Erik Tengblad
- christ25