That's the one that is the problem. It is too resource hungry for older systems.
On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Chris Knadle <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thursday, August 16, 2012 08:35:45, Joseph Apuzzo wrote: > > What version of Skype is installed? > > Did you try installing the version from Skype's website? > > http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/ > > I just d/l and ran the "dynamic" 4.0.0.8 version on my Company ( locked ) > > RHEL 6.3 and it works fine. > > Sometimes the repositories are a version behind. > > The Skype website has packages for Ubuntu 10.04 (two+ years old), or > Debian 6 > (which is Squeeze -- two+ years old). Both systems have had major changes > since then -- among them reorganization of system libraries to support > multiarch. Multiarch is one of the specific issues that comes up > concerning > Skype. > > On Debian Unstable amd64 when I try running the Dynamic Skype 4.0 package, > I > get this: > > $ ./skype > ./skype: error while loading shared libraries: libasound.so.2: cannot > open shared object file: No such file or directory > > But libasound.so.2 is on the system: > # find / -iname libasound.* > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2.0.0 > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2 > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasound.so > > It's the libasound2 package, which I can tell from: > $ dpkg -S /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2 > libasound2:amd64: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2 > > This is the first multiarch issue; the library is now in a sub-directory > and > is only for amd64 -- Skype wants the i386 version of this library. In > theory > this could be reconcilable by: > 1. 'dpkg --add-architecture i386' to add the i386 architecture > 2. 'apt-get update' to get the i386 package list > 3. it's then possible to install the i386 versions of libraries. > > However in THIS case it eventually gets into a problem where one of > the libraries is not multiarch-aware and tries to install the i386 > files right on top of the amd64 files, thus ending in an unresolvable > error. > > > > The amd64 version of the Skype package for Debian also requires ia32 libs: > > # dpkg -i skype-debian_4.0.0.8-1_amd64.deb > Selecting previously unselected package skype. > (Reading database ... 330500 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking skype (from skype-debian_4.0.0.8-1_amd64.deb) ... > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype: > skype depends on lib32stdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-21); however: > Package lib32stdc++6 is not installed. > skype depends on lib32asound2 (>> 1.0.14); however: > Package lib32asound2 is not installed. > skype depends on ia32-libs; however: > Package ia32-libs is not installed. > skype depends on ia32-libs-gtk; however: > Package ia32-libs-gtk is not installed. > > This is the second multiarch issue: libraries required for a different > architecture. Worse though, these are the old pre-multiarch package names > (you can tell because the architecture is part of the name), so installing > these on amd64 causes conflicts that requires downgrading other packages to > resolve. (Ugly, but possible.) > > > > > I guess this is a case where it might pay to run the i386 version of the > OS. > ;-) > > -- Chris > > -- > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Sep 5 - Towards an Open Cloud with OpenStack > Oct 3 - Mobile Web Development > Nov 7 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art > -- Robert Mark Wallace 18 N Franklin Street Athens, NY 12015 (845) 541-7396
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