hi I managed to "install" skype on my Debian/etch/amd64 box I wrote a short howto, in http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/mennucc1/tips.html just in case someone else may find it helpful. a. -- Andrea Mennucc "The EULA sounds like it was written by a team of lawyers who want to tell me what I can't do, and the GPL sounds like it was written by a human being who wants me to know what I can do." Anonymous, http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/420