skype on 64 bit

[Chris Malton]

Ubuntu 64 bit won't run 32 bit binaries without a lot of compatibility 
addons.

I found this with Half Life Dedicated Server (HLDS), which refused to 
run.  The way around it is a chroot.  Please look up chroots before 
doing anything though!

Chris

H.S.Rai wrote:
> http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/ has skype for
> Feisty Fawn (7.04), which I wished to install on 64 bit Ubuntu7.04
> installed on PentiumD. As such it complained about mismatch of
> architecture (amd64 v/s i386), so I forced it:
> 
> dpkg  --force-architecture -i skype-1.4.0.74.deb
> 
> It shows in menu, but give message like:
> 
> bash: /usr/bin/skype: No such file or directory
> Failed to execute child process
> 
> What can be problem?
> 

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