How to Install RconCli on FreeBSD Latest

RconCli is a command-line utility that allows users to remotely manage game servers using the RCON protocol. This guide will walk you through the installation process of RconCli on FreeBSD latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing RconCli, make sure that your FreeBSD system meets the following requirements:

FreeBSD latest version
Command line access with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing RconCli, we need to install some dependencies for it to work.

sudo pkg install -y libssl-dev libevent-dev

Step 2: Install RconCli

To install RconCli, we will clone its repository from GitHub and build it from source.

First, clone the RconCli repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/gorcon/rcon-cli.git

Navigate to the cloned repository:
```
cd rcon-cli/
```
Next, we will build and install RconCli using the make command:
```
make && sudo make install
```
This command will build the RconCli binary and install it to the system.

Step 3: Test RconCli

Once the installation is complete, we can test RconCli by connecting to a game server using the following command:

rcon-cli -H <server-ip> -p <server-port> -P <rcon-password>

Replace <server-ip> with the IP address of the game server, <server-port> with the port number of the server, and <rcon-password> with the RCON password of the server.

If you are able to connect to the server, you should see a prompt that looks something like this:

Connected to server <server-ip>:<server-port> successfully.

Type 'help' for a list of available commands.
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You can now start using RconCli to manage your game server remotely.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install RconCli on FreeBSD latest. With RconCli, you can easily manage your game server remotely using the RCON protocol.