Installing EPIC
EPIC should be able to compile and run on almost any modern UNIX. Unpack the downloaded source, change into the EPIC source directory then run configure:
./configure
By default, configure sets up the software to be installed to /usr/local. If this is not the case for you (ie, you are not the superuser compiling for the entire system) then you can run configure with the –prefix=/path/to/somewhere option, for example:
./configure --prefix=/usr/home/jnelson
To compile EPIC, in the main source directory type:
make
This will compile the epic (for EPIC4) or epic5 (for EPIC5) and wserv programs. Once the compilation has completed successfully, you can install them:
make install
This will install all the binaries, scripts, man pages, and help files into the installation path.
You really need a script pack to use EPIC
Without a script pack, EPIC is a faithful replacement for ircII. This won't make you happy. You need to use a script pack. A script pack creates a different (better) user experience that will make you happy. Every script pack is different, because every user is different. Try a few and see what you like! Most scripts are very tweakable to suit your needs.