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BitlBee's only real dependency is GLib. This is available on virtually every
platform. Any recent version of GLib (2.4 or higher) will work.
-Off-the-Record encryption support will be included by default if the
-configure script finds libotr in one of the usual places. You can pass
---otr=1 or --otr=0 to force it on or off, respectively.
+Off-the-Record encryption support can be included if libotr is available on
+your machine. Pass --otr=1 to configure to build it into BitlBee, or
+--otr=plugin to build it as a separate loadable plugin (mostly meant for
+distro packages).
These days, many IM protocols use SSL/TLS connections (for authentication
or for the whole session). BitlBee can use several SSL libraries for this: