On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:02, Carl Hartung <opensuse@cehartung.com> wrote:
It is fairly well known that the Skype RPM package for 64 bit simply does not work on install... there is a problem with the packaging...
There is no 64-bit Skype package. It's a 32-bit application, so only 32-bit rpms have ever been available. What you're alluding to is the fact that it depends on the 32-bit 'compatibility mode' libraries to be installed, which I already knew.
Yes, that is what I was referring to.. installing the 32 Skype on a 64 bit system which in my experience is where the first of many issues with Skype start to pop up.
A first pass like this should avoid any guesswork by listing any missing dependencies:
# rpm -Uhv skype-2.2.0.35-suse111.i586.rpm --test
Are you saying the package doesn't declare it's dependencies? This *would* be news to me.
Try it on a 64 bit system. It will install without a peep on a 64 bit system. If you've got a default openSUSE 64 bit system, and you install Skype, it will install cleanly using YaST, zypper in, or rpm -ivh without any complaints - it will fail to launch though due to missing 32-bit libs... at least xorg-x11-libXv-32bit, libqt4-32bit, libqt4-x11-32bit, and libpng12-0-32bit (as noted in the SDB entry). You must manually install these libs... installing just the Skype RPM using the usual tools in openSUSE will not raise the flag that bits are missing and Skype will fail to launch. This issue isn't likely to be the OP's problem, but worth clarifying. C. -- openSUSE 12.1 x86_64, KDE 4.8.2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org