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vaip

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From: Lithuania

Registered: 2007-06-08

Posts: 5

Can't install Skype.

Hello.
So first i was trying to type sudo pacman -S skype ,and it shows ''error: 'skype': not found in sync db''. After that i tried to download skype from skype.com ,but i cant compile any of those packages. Maybe you know what problem i am having?
P.S I installed arch today

karmapolice

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Registered: 2007-01-31

Posts: 113

Re: Can't install Skype.

you have to enable the community repo

vaip

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From: Lithuania

Registered: 2007-06-08

Posts: 5

Re: Can't install Skype.

Now i can install it ,but it wont work. Maybe you upload your pacman.conf file ?
P.S When i am trying to type ''Skype'' in terminal i am geting this ''skype: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
Thanks for help.

Last edited by vaip (2007-06-08 20:48:29)

aris002

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2004-03-21

Posts: 75

Re: Can't install Skype.

maybe just try

$pacman -S libstdc++5

?

Millzee

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From: Wales

Registered: 2006-12-19

Posts: 22

Re: Can't install Skype.

I had a similar problem when I briefly used Arch64 since Skype needs 32-bit libraries. Are you using Arch64? I think the package you'll need will libstdcc++5 as Aris005 suggests. See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Usi … _on_Arch64 for more information. I believe generally Arch64 isn't really designed with 32-bit emulation in mind, though it can be added. Hope this also helps.

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vaip

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From: Lithuania

Registered: 2007-06-08

Posts: 5

Re: Can't install Skype.

Thanks a lot ,now its working.