Skype on Precise x86_64

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On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12 January 2014 16:12, TopBot . <topbot5 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > May be you have the 32 bit version? When I install from the download, it
> > says "Cannot install 'libqt4-dbus:i386'
>
>
> Please do not top-post.
>

Ah, sorry gmail hid the text and I forgot about it.


>
> There *is* only a 32-bit version for Linux, TTBOMK. What I did was very
> simple:
>
> * download the Linux package from skype.com
> * install it with `sudo dpkg -i`
> * run `sudo apt-get install -f`
>
> That's it. Job done. Works on 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 (with a sound
> problem that was quickly corrected) and 13.10. I have it running on
> about 5 machines.
>
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'sudo dpkg -i' gives this result with errors:

:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 175301 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace skype:i386 4.2.0.11-1 (using
skype-ubuntu-precise_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement skype:i386 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype:i386:
 skype:i386 depends on libasound2 (>= 1.0.23).
 skype:i386 depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~).
 skype:i386 depends on libc6 (>= 2.7).
 skype:i386 depends on libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1).
 skype:i386 depends on libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3).
 skype:i386 depends on libqt4-network (>= 4:4.8.0).
 skype:i386 depends on libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3).
 skype:i386 depends on libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1).
 skype:i386 depends on libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0).
 skype:i386 depends on libqtwebkit4 (>= 2.2~2011week36).
 skype:i386 depends on libstdc++6 (>= 4.6).
 skype:i386 depends on libx11-6.
 skype:i386 depends on libxext6.
 skype:i386 depends on libxss1.
 skype:i386 depends on libxv1.
 skype:i386 depends on libssl1.0.0.
dpkg: error processing skype:i386 (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 skype:i386


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