Re: How to get multiarch support

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2013-05-08 12:14 +0200, J B wrote:

> 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 ...

Well, dpkg does not check dependencies during unpack.

> 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

Run "apt-get -f install" to correct that.

Cheers,
       Sven