First of all you need to install the Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin. To get started either use this direct link or download the installer from the official page via usual or signed link.
The next step requires that you have installed Pidgin. This guide asumes that you already have. When the download of OTR is completed, execute the downloaded file to install the plugin.
Like any windows installer installtion.
After installtion is complete, open Pidgin. Press Ctrl + U to open the plugin management window. Scroll down and click the Off-the-Record Messaging plugin to select it.
Then press the configure button at the bottom of the window. Off-the-Record dialogue will open.
One by one select your accounts in the drop down list and Generate a fingerprint for each of them. Check the Enable private messaging box. I recommend checking the automatically initiate box. Feel free to check other boxes as suits your needs. Close.
Done.
2008/04/08 at 07:33
[...] I dislike when messages go into the memory hole, but why stop at PGP when it’s even easier to install and setup OTR? [...]
2008/06/19 at 21:54
At http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/win-install/otr-setup.html there is actually an official guide how to setup OTR on Windows. It is old but appart from mentioning gaim as a requirement it is still valid. Pidgin was formerly known as gaim.
2008/06/20 at 06:16
[...] Då Daniel var lättövertalad att installera OTR och jag inte vill missa ett tillfälle att tipsa vem som än råkar läsa det här. Information om off-the-record och installeringsinstruktion. [...]
2008/07/14 at 22:11
[...] är länkad från en wiki med anledning av FRA-lagen. Mer precis så är det är min förklaring hur man installerar OTR i Pidgin som har blivit länkad under rubriken Så skyddar du dig. Man hittar en hel del intressant läsning [...]
2008/07/19 at 21:04
[...] ganska tydliga ledtrådar i statistiken upptäckte jag att även digital idag länkar till min guide hur man installerar/konfigurerar OTR för Pidgin. [...]
2008/07/25 at 15:19
[...] If you’re using Windows, download the installer from here. It’s easy to setup OTR after, and the instructions can be found here. [...]
2009/03/15 at 12:09
[...] — anonymisering för chattprotokoll. Här finns en svensk manual för [...]