Skype 1.4.0.74-1 and Dapper

[Patrick Drechsler]

"Carsten Aulbert (list)" <carsten at welcomes-you.com> writes:

> Patrick Drechsler wrote:
>> 
>> This version does not work with Dapper:
>> 
>> Static package (skype-alpha_staticQT-1.4.0.64-generic.tar.bz2):
>> 
>> $ ./skype
>> ./skype: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.4' not found
>> (required by ./skype)
>>
>
> Your version of the glibc is too old (dapper uses 2.3 IIRC). Thus
> probably no luck. Does anyone know if a newer libc can be used locally
> via LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.?

OK, thanks for the feedback.

>> Generic package (skype-alpha-1.4.0.64-generic.tar.bz2):
>> 
>> $ ./skype
>> ./skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot
>> open shared object file: No such file or directory
>> 
>
> This is contained in QT4:
>
> $ apt-file search libQtDBus
> libqt4-core: usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4

,----
| n$ sudo aptitude show libqt4-core
| Password:
| Paket: libqt4-core
| Neu: ja
| Zustand: Installiert
| Automatisch installiert: nein
| Version: 4.1.2-1ubuntu1.1
| Priorität: optional
| Bereich: universe/libs
| Verwalter: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde at lists.debian.org>
| Unkomprimierte Größe: 2355k
`----

Well, I guess I'll just have to wait for the next version of Skype.

Cheers,

Patrick 
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