Re: How to get multiarch support

[J B <bakshi12@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 08 May 2013 11:04:39 +0200
Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:

> On 2013-05-08 10:55 +0200, J B wrote:
> 
> > I like to have multiarch support in my debian wheezy to install
> > latest skype (4.1).
> >
> > What are the steps to do so ?
> 
> Two of them:
> 
> # dpkg --add-architecture i386
> # apt-get update

No luck :-(

When trying to install the skype 4.1 I get

#dpkg -i skype-debian_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb 

(Reading database ... 227156 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace skype 4.0.0.8-1 (using skype-debian_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement skype ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype:
 skype depends on libasound2 (>= 1.0.16).
 skype depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~).
 skype depends on libc6 (>= 2.7).
 skype depends on libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1).
 skype depends on libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3).
 skype depends on libqt4-network (>= 4:4.8.0).
 skype depends on libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3).
 skype depends on libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1).
 skype depends on libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0).
 skype depends on libqtwebkit4 (>= 2.1.0~2011week13).
 skype depends on libstdc++6 (>= 4.6).
 skype depends on libx11-6.
 skype depends on libxext6.
 skype depends on libxss1.
 skype depends on libxv1.
 skype depends on libssl1.0.0.

dpkg: error processing skype (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for mime-support ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 skype



> 
> Please read the Multiarch HOWTO[1] for detailed information.
> 
> > Do I need to modify sources.list ?
> 
> No, this is not necessary.
> 
> Cheers,
>        Sven
> 
> 
> 1. http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO
> 
>