JoeHill wrote: > Was just looking at all the 'how to install Skype' pages, and wondering why, > as > far as I can tell, there are no Debian packages. Is this a licensing issue?
skype cant be re distributed. its not open source. > > ...and also why the heck I need to install all of KDE for it to > work...grumble. > > Is there an alternative to Skype that is not such a pain? Something that would > enable me to make VoIP calls to Skype users? ive never seen anything, skype uses its own closed encrypted protocol theres a deb right on skype download page http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/choose/ or you can use the apt way if you want, heres the repo info http://www.go2linux.org/how-to- install-skype-on-debian-and-ubuntu-with-apt-get-aptitude steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
