On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 04:03:59PM +0100 David said: > Hello, > > I have skype installed from > > deb http://people.debian.org/~rafael/skype-amd64 ./ > > but after ia32-libs upgrade, skype does not work any more: > > $ skype > skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXv.so.1: cannot open shared > object file: No such file or directory > > I think this is because /emul/ia32-linux/usr/lib/libXv.so.1 does not exist > in the new version of ia32-libs (that is a dummy package, by the way). My > first try was to write to skype amd64's maintainer, but as displayed at the > bottom of http://people.debian.org/~rafael, he left Debian. > > So I would like to ask whether some of you got skype working, and how. Also, > if there is any IT-knowledgable here, would anyone fancy maintaining skype > in amd64 from now on? :-)
I installed it some months ago using this guide: http://tonelli.sns.it/pub/mennucc1/skype.html I run the testing stream and Skype works fine for me. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
