irssi in shell $HOME

[Gerald Koenig]

Does anyone have irssi running in the home directory of a
commercial shell account which allows running personal
programs? There seem to be library problems and dependencies
which are complex to the point I haven't gotten very far.
Ports and packages are not so good in a shell account I think.
I'm just looking for a successful installation somewhere to
serve as a template.
TIA,
Jerry