Install Skype - Ubuntu 8.04 3

Posted by John Sun, 11 May 2008 20:42:00 GMT

To install Skype on an AMD64 system, you’ll need the 32-bit libraries (if you’re distro is 32-bit, skip this),

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Then download the appropriate package from…

Firefox should download it to your desktop so…

cd Desktop
sudo dpkg --install --force-architecture --force-depends skype-debian_2.0.0.68-1_i386.deb

And you’re done, with the Webcam driver installed and enabled you should now be able to make video calls too.

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    Jani 3 days later:

    I cannot find the package called ia32-libs in my current repositories.

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    John 3 days later:

    Sorry, you only need ia32-libs if you’re on a 32-bit build, otherwise skip it

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    Artie 19 days later:

    Thanks a lot! :D

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