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To use ERC, add the directory containing its files to your
load-path variable, in your .emacs file. Then, load ERC
itself. An example follows.
(require 'erc)
Once ERC is loaded, the command M-x erc will start ERC and prompt for the server to connect to.
If you want to place ERC settings in their own file, you can place them in ~/.emacs.d/.ercrc.el, creating it if necessary.
If you would rather use the Customize interface to change how ERC works, do M-x customize-group RET erc RET. In particular, ERC comes with lots of modules that may be enabled or disabled; to select which ones you want, do M-x customize-variable RET erc-modules RET.