I had skype-ubuntu 2.2.0.35-1 for amd64 (downloaded from the Skype website) installed, and it worked fine - also in Oneiric - until a package update yesterday, when I run into similar problems as several others have described in this bug report. I also had http://repository.spotify.com in Software Sources to facilitate upgrading.
On 2011-09-28 17:39, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 01:49:04PM -0000, Rainer Rohde wrote: >> It's really frustrating ... with each new update, the i386 libs needed >> for Skype are removed and Skype won't work anymore. I then re-install >> the required libs manually, and - lo and behold - the next Ubuntu >> upgrade tosses them out again. What's going on? > > You are not using the correct skype:i386 package for oneiric. If you were, > these libraries would not be removed on upgrade without also removing skype > itself (because they are dependencies). > > Information about how to correctly install skype on Ubuntu 11.10 can be > found at: > http://askubuntu.com/questions/7498/how-do-i-install-skype/62457 Thanks for the info, Steve. It helped me get it working again. However, that info does not play well with the guidance at the Skype website. For instance, at https://support.skype.com/en- us/faq/FA164/I-have-a-problem-downloading-Skype you find this para: "Important: Only download the Skype install file from the Skype website. Do not download Skype from anywhere else. If you have downloaded a Skype install file but are unsure if it is from Skype, we suggest that you download it again from the Skype website." It would be great IMO if the guidance at the Skype website included sufficient clarifications with respect to Oneiric users - possibly a link to that askubuntu.com page. Has somebody talked to them about it? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/830440 Title: skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/+bug/830440/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
