Skype on Breezy

breezy is a development release.
skype package against debian sid
debian sid is in the middle of a C++ transition to gcc-4.0.
skype uses qt. qt is C++.
the skype package is packaged with a dependancy on a 'c102' package - this is a transitional package that only exists while the package is rebuilt using the new compiler. this package does not exist in ubuntu because it's already using gcc-4 - everything has already been transitioned.
debian sid also has newer QT packages than ubuntu as ubuntu is in upstream version freeze.
unless skype release a version designed to work with breezy, forget it.

Niall

Thanks for the explanation

Michele

Download skype rpm file for fedora core 3 and
create a deb file by issuing:
sudo alien -d skype-blabla.rpm

Then install the newly created skype deb
with dpkg -i. Works for me on ubuntu breezy.

Markus

Using the older version of the .deb works as well :)
I don't really like using alien unless I absolutely have to

Michele

See here to fix the .deb yourself:
http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?p=169829&highlight=#169829

Tormod

Correct commands:

mkdir skype.tmp
mv skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb.orig
dpkg-deb --extract skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb.orig skype.tmp
dpkg-deb --control skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb.orig skype.tmp/DEBIAN
vi skype.tmp/DEBIAN/control
Change to:
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4.1-3), libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3.2) | libqt3c102-mt, libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.4-1), libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxext6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0)

dpkg --build skype.tmp
mv skype.tmp.deb skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb
dpkg -i skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb

Thanks. For everyone trying to copy/paste the latter commands into a console.

In the dpkg-deb commands you need to change the long dash (--)into two separate dashes.

Thanks for the info and the package. It works flawlessly!

The information of Dan Schmidt is very useful. However, he made a small typo:
The change that has to be performd with vi is:

Change to:
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4.1-3), libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3.2) | libqt3-mt, libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.4-1), libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxext6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0)

Download the sype file from http://seveas.ubuntulinux.nl/.
This installs perfectly on Breezy Badger.

It worked for me with Kubuntu breezy,
sudo dpkg --ignore-depends libqt3c102-mt -i skype_1.2.0.18-1_i386.deb

thanks a lot. solve my problem with skype on breezy

Does anyone know if there is a compatible version for dapper?

It's all here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeHowto
The repackaged 1.2.0.18-1 works fine on Dapper too.

What's incredible is that the Skype people don't take the 2 minutes needed to repackage it, so that it could work for all debian/ubuntu versions.

Try www.openwengo.com for a open-source, linux-friendly alternative (with ALSA!).

Does anyone know if there is a compatible version for dapper?