Installing Skype

2007-03-22 Thread Rafael Morales
I have OpenBSD 4.0 on a HP laptop and I need to install Skype because is for the comunication in my job and I have the freedom for install my lovely OpenBSD. This what I have done: 1. I installed the redhat_base-8.0p8.tgz for the emulation. 2. Download the skype-0_90_0_1.rpm and installed it with

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-23 Thread Tobias Weisserth
Hi there, On Mar 23, 2007, at 6:47 AM, Rafael Morales wrote: I have OpenBSD 4.0 on a HP laptop and I need to install Skype because is for the comunication in my job and I have the freedom for install my lovely OpenBSD. This what I have done: 1. I installed the redhat_base-8.0p8.tgz for the emu

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-23 Thread Josh Grosse
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 09:26:53AM +0100, Tobias Weisserth wrote: > I wouldn't use the rpm, I'd instead download the statically linked > file that's available on the Skype site: > > http://www.skype.org/go/getskype-linux-static > > That should solve all library issues. I did look at this once

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-23 Thread Rafael Morales
I have downloaded, but where I put the uncompressed folder ??. I put it under /emul/linux, but how do I execute it ?? --- Tobias Weisserth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribis: > Hi there, > > On Mar 23, 2007, at 6:47 AM, Rafael Morales wrote: > > > I have OpenBSD 4.0 on a HP laptop and I need to > > i

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-23 Thread Rafael Morales
I need the shared library libasound.so.2, anybody could send to me ???, I don't have a linux box here. Regards --- Nick ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribis: > The large file called 'skype' is the binary. Just > execute it (go to a > command line, cd to that directory, chmod +x it if > necessary, and

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-23 Thread Tobias Weisserth
Hi, On Mar 23, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Rafael Morales wrote: I need the shared library libasound.so.2, anybody could send to me ???, I don't have a linux box here. I need my box rooted, can anybody please send me a trojaned binary library I have to trust blindly? If you really need binary libra

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-23 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Friday 23 March 2007 11:35, Tobias Weisserth wrote: > On Mar 23, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Rafael Morales wrote: > > I need the shared library libasound.so.2, anybody > > could send to me ???, I don't have a linux box here. > > I need my box rooted, can anybody please send me a trojaned binary > libra

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-23 Thread Rafael Morales
I need the shared library libasound.so.2, anybody could send to me ???, I donde have a linux box here Regards and thanks --- Nick ! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribis: > The large file called 'skype' is the binary. Just > execute it (go to a > command line, cd to that directory, chmod +x it if > nec

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-23 Thread Tobias Weisserth
Hi, On Mar 23, 2007, at 8:03 PM, J.C. Roberts wrote: On Friday 23 March 2007 11:35, Tobias Weisserth wrote: On Mar 23, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Rafael Morales wrote: I need the shared library libasound.so.2, anybody could send to me ???, I don't have a linux box here. I need my box rooted, can any

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-23 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Friday 23 March 2007 12:13, Tobias Weisserth wrote: > From the emails in this thread we know he needs it for work, so he > hasn't really got a choice. There's no other client to the Skype > network. Maybe there's a way to lockin Skype in systrace. On openSUSE > I locked Skype in with AppA

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-24 Thread Rafael Morales
Yes, you are right, I need it for my work, so I have not choice, and I do not want to use Linux nor windows. I have not solved my trouble although the lib needed I have it in /usr/local/emul/redhat/lib/, however when I try to run ./skype I have the same error. I don`t know what to do. Regards ---

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-25 Thread Karel Kulhavy
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 12:03:54PM -0700, J.C. Roberts wrote: > On Friday 23 March 2007 11:35, Tobias Weisserth wrote: > > On Mar 23, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Rafael Morales wrote: > > > I need the shared library libasound.so.2, anybody > > > could send to me ???, I don't have a linux box here. > > > > I

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-25 Thread Karel Kulhavy
On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 03:26:25PM -0700, J.C. Roberts wrote: > On Friday 23 March 2007 12:13, Tobias Weisserth wrote: > > From the emails in this thread we know he needs it for work, so he > > hasn't really got a choice. There's no other client to the Skype > > network. Maybe there's a way to

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-25 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 09:48:35PM +0200, Karel Kulhavy wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 03:26:25PM -0700, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > On Friday 23 March 2007 12:13, Tobias Weisserth wrote: > > > From the emails in this thread we know he needs it for work, so he > > > hasn't really got a choice. The

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-25 Thread Adam Hawes
After all this talk about blob-only software... Skype is absolute proof of why we shouldn't have blob-only software. The recent hoo-ha about it grabbing BIOS dumps and sending them back to the servers on X86 machines really shows that software can do nasty things. Nobody even noticed because they

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-25 Thread Karel Kulhavy
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 10:36:37PM +0200, Joachim Schipper wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 09:48:35PM +0200, Karel Kulhavy wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 03:26:25PM -0700, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > > On Friday 23 March 2007 12:13, Tobias Weisserth wrote: > > > > From the emails in this thread w

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-26 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2007/03/26 08:32, Adam Hawes wrote: > so you can use any SIP-compatible soft or hard-phone. if you know of a SIP soft-phone that's not designed-for-linux unportable junk, I'd be interested.

Re: Installing Skype

2007-03-27 Thread viq
On 26/03/07, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2007/03/26 08:32, Adam Hawes wrote: > so you can use any SIP-compatible soft or hard-phone. if you know of a SIP soft-phone that's not designed-for-linux unportable junk, I'd be interested. Yes, I'm trying to find one too. -- viq