STEAM + OTR WITH PIDGIN FOR DUMMIES

// STEAM + OTR WITH PIDGIN FOR DUMMIES //
//          BY NICK  4/15/16           //
//			UPDATED 1/17/18			   //

///This tutorial shows you how to have end-to-end encrypted Steam chats with Pidgin and OTR.  Both you and your friend(s) must have this in order for OTR to encrypt your chats.  Once you and your recipient have set this up, it should automatically start encrypting your messages (if not, just click OTR > Start Private Conversation).///


/* Installing Pidgin */

//For Windows:
  Download and Install Pidgin at https://www.pidgin.im/download/windows/
//For Linux:
  Debian: sudo apt-get install pidgin
  Arch: sudo pacman -S pidgin
  Fedora: sudo yum install pidgin


/* Installing Steam plugin*/

//For Windows:
  Download the latest .dll file here: https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-opensteamworks/releases
    ^ Move this .dll to "Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\plugins"
  Download the icon pack: https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-opensteamworks/raw/master/steam-mobile/releases/icons.zip
    ^ Extract and merge the folders at "Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\pixmaps\pidgin\protocols"
  Download the json-glib library dll at: https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-opensteamworks/raw/master/steam-mobile/libjson-glib-1.0.dll
    ^ Move this to "Program Files (x86)\Pidgin" (just Pidgin's main program folder)
//For Linux:
 Arch: yaourt -S pidgin-opensteamworks
 Every other distro:
 Download the latest .so file here: https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-opensteamworks/releases
	^ Move this to ~/.purple/plugins
		^ Or just copy/paste: mv ~/Downloads/libsteam64-1.6.1.so ~/.purple/plugins


/* Installing OTR plugin */

//For Windows:
 Visit this site and download the most recent .exe: https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/
//For Linux:
 Arch: sudo pacman -S pidgin-otr
 Debian: sudo apt-get install pidgin-otr
 Fedora: sudo yum install pidgin-otr
 Other distros: look up the package name, I'm not gonna do it for you

/* Setting Up Pidgin With Steam */

Once you've done everything above, go ahead and launch Pidgin and select "Add...".  If you don't see it right away (you should when launching for the first time), just select Accounts >  Manage Accounts > Add...  Under the protocol tab, select "Steam" and sign in like you normally would.  You should now see all of your friends that are online and their statuses.

/* Enabling OTR */

DON'T FORGET THIS STEP.
On the buddy list window (where your friends are), select Tools > Plugins and enable the "Off-The-Record" plugin.
 Once you've done that, click "Configure Plugin" when the OTR plugin is highlighted (just click on it once), and click "Generate" (this generates your public and private key).