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author: ~alexlehm
published: true
title: getting started with weechat on a tilde machine
description: run weechat as a local irc client
category:
- main
---
If you want to run irc on your tilde account, you can use weechat
which is installed and requires minimal configuration.
## First connection
Start weechat on your linux shell and type the following commands:
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not sure this is necessary; the line as it is is correct

not sure this is necessary; the line as it is is correct
/server add tilde localhost/6697
/connect tilde
This will connect you to the irc network via the local machine using a
regular connection (which is secure enough since it stays on the local
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"this is has to be unique" is still not how the sentence should be phrased; should be "this has to be unique"

"this is has to be unique" is still not how the sentence should be phrased; should be "this has to be unique"
machine). The username used is the same as your linux account, this is
should be unique, if it is not you will be called username1 or
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the "or similar" is important because if you're not the only person trying to use username, you'll be username2 or username3 or whatever.

the "or similar" is important because if you're not the only person trying to use `username`, you'll be `username2` or `username3` or whatever.

chose to choose here too

chose to choose here too
similar, then you should chose another nickname. You do that by using
the /nick command
/nick username
## Register
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"if you didn't chose [sic] a username that is unique in the tilde network, you had kind of bad luck" is correct (except for "chose" instead of "choose"), since both verbs are in the past tense.

"if you didn't chose [sic] a username that is unique in the tilde network, you had kind of bad luck" is correct (except for "chose" instead of "choose"), since both verbs are in the past tense.
You now can register your username using your tilde email address as
described here: (nicks)
After you have done that, you can set the username and password in the
weechat settings to automatically log in and authenticate
/set irc.server.tilde.sasl_username <username>
/set irc.server.tilde.sasl_password <password>
Now disconnect and connect again to get your registered nickname
/quit
run weechat again
/connect tilde
Now you can join any channel, e.g. #helpdesk