[SOLVED] yaourt skype issues

SIGTERM · 2009-09-20 10:28:35

Hi all,

When I issued "pacman -Syu" it also upgraded skype from 2.0 to 2.1 beta. Sadly, skype doesn't work anymore.
Therefore I tried downgrading the package. I searched for the package and found it: http://arm.kh.nu/community/os/i686/skyp … pkg.tar.gz.
I then did:

yaourt skype-2.0.0.72-2.pkg.tar.gz

It installed without a problem, but when I input "skype" in my terminal, it gives me:

bash: /usr/bin/skype: No such file or directory

However, ls -al /usr/bin/skype gave me:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13859316 2008-06-22 14:31 /usr/bin/skype

What's wrong here?

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by SIGTERM (2009-09-23 17:24:23)

Allan · 2009-09-20 10:41:21

/usr/bin/skype is probably a wrapper script looking for another file (which is missing).

SIGTERM · 2009-09-20 10:44:06

Thanks for your reply. Any idea on how to solve this?

Allan · 2009-09-20 10:49:42

Well, I'd look in the script to see what it is trying to call...

SIGTERM · 2009-09-20 11:09:49

Sorry for being a dumbass, but how do I look into /usr/bin/skype?

Stefan Husmann · 2009-09-20 11:19:00

try

file /usr/bin/skype

If /usr/bin/skype it is a script, file will tell you. To view it, use more or your favorite editor.

SIGTERM · 2009-09-20 11:20:37

Thanks, here's the output. (I'd already tried opening with less or a text editor, but that didn't work.)

file /usr/bin/skype
/usr/bin/skype: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.4.1, stripped

So, it's an executable, right?

Last edited by SIGTERM (2009-09-20 11:21:00)

Stefan Husmann · 2009-09-20 13:43:05

Yes, and it is a 32-bit one, build for i386. This could be the source of your problems: it is build for GNU/Linux 2.4.1.

But sorry for being misleading. That a file with size 13 Mb is a script is not often the case

What gives

which skype

Is that file a script?

Allan · 2009-09-20 14:09:04

Ah... I see...

You are using x86_64 aren't you... and trying to run a 32 bit binary.

SIGTERM · 2009-09-20 18:06:07

To Allen:
Correct. But the previous skype was 32-bit as well, and that ran great.
How do I solve this?

To Stefan Husmann:
"which skype" gives me:

/usr/bin/skype

Which isn't a script.

blasse · 2009-09-21 06:44:34

Use bin32-skype, not skype. (Like this one: http://archrepo.net/x86_64/bin32-skype- … kg.tar.gz)
Running 32 bit executable on 64bit is not just as simple. 32bit compiled binary will not work on x86_64 system without 32bit libs.

Last edited by blasse (2009-09-21 06:49:50)

SIGTERM · 2009-09-21 13:56:04

blasse wrote:

Use bin32-skype, not skype. (Like this one: http://archrepo.net/x86_64/bin32-skype- … kg.tar.gz)
Running 32 bit executable on 64bit is not just as simple. 32bit compiled binary will not work on x86_64 system without 32bit libs.

Thanks, I'll try that now, for some reason I overlooked the x86_64 package, while I was searching for it.

Last edited by SIGTERM (2009-09-21 14:17:48)

SIGTERM · 2009-09-21 14:16:03

Okay, so I installed the x86_64 package and Skype (2.0) started. However, my mic still didn't work. I tried putting my mic input in the back of my computer case (should have tried that before, I know.). And that worked.
I then installed Skype 2.1, because I assumed the problem was a broken mic input. However, Skype 2.1 didn't work.
So, it turns out Skype 2.1 doesn't work for me and my front mic input is broken!

Thanks for all your help!

Last edited by SIGTERM (2009-09-23 18:11:55)

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