Re: cannot install skype on unstable
Try opening skype file. I don't remember where I got my package, probably
created it from skype static based on this
http://forum.skype.com/lofiversion/index.php/t98728.html
but the file itself is a shell script that looks for /usr/bin/skype.real
that may be the problem
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:05:25 +1000
Jonathan Wheelhouse <jonathan.wheelhouse@gmail.com> wrote:
> Andreas Juch <debian-user@juch.cc> writes:
>
> > Am Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:27:25 +1000
> > schrieb Jonathan Wheelhouse <jonathan.wheelhouse@gmail.com>:
> >
> >> Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > On Mon,22.Jun.09, 15:12:18, Jonathan Wheelhouse wrote:
> >> >> Hi
> >> >>
> >> >> I used to have skype installed but I think a recent dist-upgrade
> >> >> got rid of it (now my wife _really_ wants it back).
> >> >>
> >> >> /etc/apt/sources.list has
> >> >> deb http://people.debian.org/~rafael/skype-amd64 ./
> >> >>
> >> >> # aptitude install skype
> >> >>
> >> >> produces
> >> >>
> >> >> The following packages are BROKEN:
> >> >> libc6-i386
> >> >> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> >> >> ia32-libs{a} ia32-libs-gtk{a} lib32asound2{a} lib32gcc1{a}
> >> >> lib32ncurses5{a} lib32stdc++6{a} lib32z1{a} skype 0 packages
> >> >> upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need
> >> >> to get 55.8MB of archives. After unpacking 123MB will be used. The
> >> >> following packages have unmet dependencies: libc6-i386: Breaks:
> >> >> ia32-libs (<= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed. Breaks:
> >> >> ia32-libs-gtk (<= 2.7) but 2.7 is to be installed. Breaks:
> >> >> lib32asound2 (<= 1.0.20-2) but 1.0.20-2 is to be installed.
> >> >> Breaks: lib32ncurses5 (<= 5.7+20090523-1) but 5.7+20090523-1 is to
> >> >> be installed. Breaks: lib32z1 (<= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13) but
> >> >> 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 is to be installed.
> >> > ^^^^^^
> >> > Because it wants to install those libs libc6-i386 will be broken.
> >>
> >> Sorry for the delay in responding (a sick child but better now).
> >>
> >> OK, but libc6-i386 is not installed. And I (or rather my wife) needs
> >> skype installed. I'm not sure what to do now.
> >
> > You could try to unpack the statically linked i386 version of skype in
> > you home directory and start it out of a shell. This could be a
> > workaround until you can install the package but I really don't know if
> > libc6-i386 is needed for the statically linked version too.
> >
> > http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-static
>
> Yes, I tried that but no go. Error message is a rather cryptic
>
> jonathan@lappy:~/dwhelper/skype_static-2.0.0.72$ ./skype
> bash: ./skype: No such file or directory
>
> but that file, skype itself, does exist:
>
> jonathan@lappy:~/dwhelper/skype_static-2.0.0.72$ ll skype
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 jonathan jonathan 20356964 2008-05-28 20:21 skype
>
> Anyhow, hopefully the maintainers will make the ia32-libs etc
> installable with libc6-i386 so I can get skype working.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Jonathan
>
>
>
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