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This is a guide on how to setup a Quassel Core server on FreeBSD 10.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  pkg update && pkg upgrade
  

• Make sure the ports tree is up to date:
  

  portsnap fetch extract
  

• Install a few dependencies:
  

  pkg install portmaster qt5-sql pkgconf pkg qmake qt5-buildtools qt5-core glib libiconv gettext-tools indexinfo gmake pcre icu qt5-sqldrivers-sqlite3 sqlite3 cmake libarchive liblz4 lzo2 expat cmake-modules jsoncpp scons m4 py27-setuptools27 python2 curl-7.51.0_1 ca_root_nss py27-sphinx py27-Jinja2 py27-babel py27-pytz py27-MarkupSafe py27-six py27-imagesize py27-alabaster py27-docutils py27-pygments py27-snowballstemmer py27-pystemmer py27-sphinx_rtd_theme qca-qt5 gnupg npth gnutls libtasn1 trousers autoconf autoconf-wrapper help2man p5-Locale-gettext automake automake-wrapper libtool libassuan libgpg-error libgcrypt libksba pinentry pinentry-tty qt5-script qt5-network libproxy
  

Install Quassel Core¶

• Install quassel from ports:
  

  portmaster irc/quassel-core
  

  • NOTE: Make sure to unset [ ]MONO and [ ]CLIENT when configuring quassel.

• Enable quassel at boot:
  

  echo 'quasselcore_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
  

• Generate an SSL certificate:
  

  service quasselcore keygen
  

• Start quasselcore:
  

  service quasselcore start
  

NOTE: Quassel runs on port 4242, make sure the port is open on your firewall.

Resources¶

• https://www.freshports.org/irc/quassel/
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Quassel