lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) writes: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 09:36:54AM -0300, macdowell....@dpf.gov.br > wrote: >> can we run 32 bit pkg on amd64? >> >> specifically I would like to run skype-debian_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb > > You could probably force the arch (not recommended)
Not needed. > You could install it in a 32bit chroot (works fine and lets you > install needed libraries too if any) Also not needed. Just install ia32-libs and unpack skype from skype.org in any directory. It just works. > You might be able to use dpkg-cross to convert the package and make it > installable, although libraries would still be an issue. > You could nag skype to get with the current reality and make a 64bit > version. AFAIK, they promised 64-bit linux support to come this year. > Or you could choose to ignore the awfulness that is skype and use > ekiga or something else standards commpliant and open source which > doesn't use an awful secret p2p like protocol. :) :) -- "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org