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The easiest MIRC install ever. ''Updated to Z1'' | The easiest MIRC install ever. ''Updated to Z1'' | ||
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You will be asked to agree to the terms and conditions of Sun Java and then to ImageIO. Agree to it all. | You will be asked to agree to the terms and conditions of Sun Java and then to ImageIO. Agree to it all. | ||
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| + | ====Web access to the MIRC site==== | ||
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Point a web browswer at the IP address of your Ubuntu machine and you should see your new MIRC site. | Point a web browswer at the IP address of your Ubuntu machine and you should see your new MIRC site. | ||
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* username = admin | * username = admin | ||
* password = password | * password = password | ||
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| + | ====Startup and Shutdown==== | ||
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| + | From the command line: | ||
| + | * To start | ||
| + | ** service mirc start | ||
| + | * To shutdown | ||
| + | ** service mirc stop | ||
| + | * To restart | ||
| + | ** service mirc restart | ||
====Included features==== | ====Included features==== | ||
Revision as of 12:41, 17 April 2011
The easiest MIRC install ever. Updated to Z1
1 Installation
1.1 Important points
- You need to use Ubuntu 10.04.x (Luicd) 32-bit (i386). Not 64-bit (amd64)
- Options:
- Official Ubuntu distro - http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu-releases/10.04.2/ubuntu-10.04.2-server-i386.iso (or use a local mirror closer to you).
- Using a pre-built turnkey appliance can save some time - http://www.turnkeylinux.org/core
1.2 First step:
Install Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid 32-bit on a virtual machine or a real computer.
1.3 Commands
The following commands should be executed as root (or using sudo)
apt-get update apt-get -y install python-software-properties apt-add-repository 'deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner' apt-add-repository ppa:timothy-john-phillips/mirc apt-get update apt-get -y install mirc
You will be asked to agree to the terms and conditions of Sun Java and then to ImageIO. Agree to it all.
2 Usage
2.1 Web access to the MIRC site
Point a web browswer at the IP address of your Ubuntu machine and you should see your new MIRC site.
Administrator access:
- username = admin
- password = password
2.2 Startup and Shutdown
From the command line:
- To start
- service mirc start
- To shutdown
- service mirc stop
- To restart
- service mirc restart
2.3 Included features
- Automatically starts at boot up and closes at shutdown.
- JAI IO included.
- port 80 access (default web port)
2.4 What happens behind the scenes
- Installing the mirc-z1 package automatically installs two other packages
- sun-java6-jre - this is the official Sun (Oracle) Java 1.6 JRE package, which lives in the partner repository.
- jai-imageio-1.1 - this is a package I created to automate the installation of the Sun (Oracle) ImageIO libraries.
- the MIRC/CTP files are put into /usr/share/mirc/
- A linux bash script (CTP-start.sh) is installed in the /usr/share/mirc/ folder - this launches CTP/MIRC from whichever folder it is in.
- An Ubuntu Upstart script (mirc.conf) is installed in the /etc/init/ folder.
I've made these repositories to simplify the installation of MIRC on Linux. It eliminates the fiddling with Java Image IO tools. I plan to update it with each release of MIRC Zx.
Hope this helps someone. Appreciate any feedback. - timothy.john.phillips@gmail.com