On Thursday 18 December 2008 22:24:40 Damon L. Chesser wrote: > On Thursday 18 December 2008 22:15:40 Star Liu wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. > > > > <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > > > On Thursday 2008 December 18 20:15:00 Star Liu wrote: > > >> I found that there is no official debian package for skype, and the > > >> deb package from skype official website is from etch(maybe also i386), > > >> so how to install skype on sid amd64? thanks > > > > > > http://debian-multimedia.org/ has skype packages for sid, IIRC. > > > > thanks, i added the source deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid > > main, and updated it, then searched for skype, nothing added, i guess > > maybe it's because they do not provide the amd64 version. > > > > > -- > > > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > > > b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) > > > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' > > > http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ > > > > -- > > I'm a web developer using > > debian+mono(C#)+postgresql+xhtml+javascript+xsl+xml+css > > my home is http://www.starliu.com > > Ahhh, no amd64 version. There is a work around and it is ugly and it does > work here, last I tried it. > > Download the i386 file. > > dpkg -i --architecture i386.package.name.deb
Correction: dpkg -i --force-architecture i386.package.name.deb > > it will complain of missing dependencies. apt-cache search, or use > synaptic and find those packages: go to debian.org and download those > packages in i386 packages. Install one at a time using --architecture for > dpkg and retry skype. When the magic total is correct, skype will install. > > Please read dpkg --force-help > > dpkg --force-anything can bork your box. This did work on my box, it > might not work on yours. > > HTH > > -- > Damon L. Chesser > da...@damtek.com > 404-271-8691 Cell > 678-401-8420 hm > http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser -- Damon L. Chesser da...@damtek.com 404-271-8691 Cell 678-401-8420 hm http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
