- Download and install the following:
- Pidgin from https://pidgin.im
- If on Windows, download the OTR library for Pidgin. Linux should include the library by default.
- After all of these are installed, start Pidgin
- Click
Accounts
->Manage Accounts
-- this will bring up the Accounts window - In the Accounts window, click the
Add
button - In the Add Account window, change the
Protocol
dropdown toIRC
- Enter in the
Username
you set up with your Bitlbee instance. This will likely be your username. - Under the
Server
field, enter inlocalhost
-- this is assuming that you are running bitlbee on the same box as your chat client - In the Advanced tab, change
Port
to the value you specified in your bitlbee configuration file (default is 6667) - Click
Add
- Download the latest version of Adium from https://adium.im -- Adium includes OTR support out of the box
- Click
Adium
in the Menu Bar, then clickPreferences
. This will open the Preferences window - Click on
Accounts
, then click on the+
Menu at the bottom, then selectIRC
- Enter in your username into the
Nickname
field - Enter in
localhost
into theHostname
field - Under Options, change
Port
to the right number (6667 is the default) - Click
OK