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holmess

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Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 11

Newbie, Can't install Skype. Please tell me how to install (Solved)

Hi Guys,
            I am in love, i am so in love with Archlinux. I was able to install it very smoothly. I am trying to install Skype. I followed enabling the community respository and use pacman -S skype. I always got the error saying that skype was not found. So i downloaded the .tat.gz. From here i need some guidance. I am using Archlinux x86-64 bit version. Please help me. I am still learning how to use pacman. So any help is highly appreciated. BTW, i was trying to follow this guide http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Skype

--Sherloch

Last edited by holmess (2008-03-25 03:17:33)

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Newbie, Can't install Skype. Please tell me how to install (Solved)

There is no 64bit version of skype so you need to install "bin32-skype" package + dependencies using AUR.
Here is the link to the AUR bin32-skype package: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7914
Here is the link for a wiki article about AUR: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR
You might also have a look at yaourt, which is a wrapper for pacman that automates installing/maintaining packages from AUR: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … all_Yaourt

If you want to be able to "pacman -S skype"... install 32bit Arch

dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: Newbie, Can't install Skype. Please tell me how to install (Solved)

Arch doesn't provide the skype package for 64bit due to compilation problems. See this page.

I think this is a problem common to the linux version of skype, and a 64bit version doesn't seem to be on the cards:
http://forum.skype.com/index.php?s=e92c … pic=112065

I'm not entirely sure whether there are ways to hack around this, but I can recommend ekiga as a great alternative.

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holmess

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Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 11

Re: Newbie, Can't install Skype. Please tell me how to install (Solved)

Man now i am elated. You guys rock. All the Archuxers rock. Thanks for quick replies. I hope i don't have to burn another Distro CD. I will try the ways you guys suggested. How do i install 32 bit arch. See my problem is that for ever program i have to look for the right pacman -S *******. So if you guys have more information that helps to learn, please pass on. For example lets say i have downloaded the Skype bin32 version. Okay i am able to follow the AUR guide. Let me see how it goes. Once again you guys rock.

Last edited by holmess (2008-03-25 01:12:56)

skottish

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Registered: 2006-06-16

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Re: Newbie, Can't install Skype. Please tell me how to install (Solved)

This is all of the 32 bit packages I need to run Skype, Lightscribe, and 4L (lightscribe front end). I'm using the official Skype package from 32 bit (skype-staticqt).

lib32-alsa-lib 
lib32-expat 
lib32-fontconfig 
lib32-freetype2 
lib32-gcc-libs 
lib32-glibc 
lib32-libice 
lib32-libsm 
lib32-libstdc++5 
lib32-libx11 
lib32-libxau 
lib32-libxcb 
lib32-libxcomposite 
lib32-libxcursor
lib32-libxdamage 
lib32-libxdmcp 
lib32-libxext 
lib32-libxfixes 
lib32-libxi 
lib32-libxinerama  
lib32-libxrandr 
lib32-libxrender 
lib32-libxss 
lib32-libxv 
lib32-zlib

Ambi

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From: Warsaw, Poland

Registered: 2007-11-29

Posts: 44

Re: Newbie, Can't install Skype. Please tell me how to install (Solved)

skottish, bin32-skype package is the same. It installls lib32-* libraries on which skype depends, and downloads skype 32-bit package to build it on 64-bit environment. And you can update it automatically by yaourt

Last edited by Ambi (2008-03-25 02:00:41)

holmess

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Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 11

Re: Newbie, Can't install Skype. Please tell me how to install (Solved)

Guys you have been fantastic. This is the first time when everything in a Distro have worked with in twenty four hours after install. I was able to successfully install Skype and it works fine. Once again this is very overwhelming. I hope you guys keep it up like this. I will solved to the message post. Archuxers are sharp.