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#1 2010-06-15 05:36:40

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Skype 64 bit question

On the arch wiki is a very good explanation for installing skype, but I have a question regarding this.

I can see on the official skype download page that there is a 64bit build for Ubuntu in .deb format. Can that .deb be uncompressed and compressed into a pacman installable file? I dont get why ubuntu has 64bit version and every other distro doesnt, looks weird to me.

If there is a way to do this, I would like to be part of the solution and mantain the package or at least help in maintaining big_smile


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#2 2010-06-15 05:51:17

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Re: Skype 64 bit question

Extract .deb:
http://www.techiecorner.com/1424/how-to … linux-mac/

If I remember correctly, the 64-bit version of skype is actually 32-bit with multilib dependencies smile At least for linux.

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#3 2010-06-15 05:54:26

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Re: Skype 64 bit question

So, it is a 32-bit build with all dependencies already on the package? name seems a little misleading (LIE). Would it benefit the community to have this ported to the AUR, provided that there is already a bin32-skype package properly mantained?


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#4 2010-06-15 05:59:29

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Re: Skype 64 bit question

itsbrad212 wrote:

If I remember correctly, the 64-bit version of skype is actually 32-bit with multilib dependencies smile At least for linux.

So it is !!

its just all 32 bit binaries packaged together. You can get the same thing by installing bin32-skype from AUR. I have done the same thing.


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#5 2010-06-15 07:56:47

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Re: Skype 64 bit question

And no, it doesn't have all possible dependencies.


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