1) Download eggdrop from the eggheads ftp.
2) Type: wget ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/1.6/eggdrop1.6.20.tar.gz

3) Type: tar -zxvf eggdrop1.6.20.tar.gz
4) Type: cd eggdrop1.6.20.tar.gz
5) Type: ./configure
6) Type: make config
7) Type: make
8 ) Type make install DEST=/home/your_user_name_here/eggdrop1.6.20
9) Switch to the bot directory and edit the sample config file eggdrop.conf, then rename it to something more appropriate (e.g. yourbotname.conf).
10) Type ./eggdrop -m yourbotname.conf