X-Chat Requirements: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - GTK 2.6+ (it comes with your Linux) Optional: - Perl (http://www.perl.org) - Python (http://www.python.org) - TCL (http://tcl.activestate.com) - OpenSSL (http://www.openssl.org) X-Chat Compiling and Installation: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Type this: ./configure make Become root and type: make install Other Options ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To get a full list of compile options, type: ./configure --help If you do not have GNU Gettext installed, instead use: ./configure --disable-nls If you want to disable Perl you can do: ./configure --disable-perl If you want to install a smaller stripped binary (without debug) do: make install-strip