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Skype
i386
As Open Source activists, we are of course inclinded to indicate that there are programs similar in function to what Skype is performing. Their user base is - smaller, though. If you hence have to use skype, fairly likely, then please be aware of Skype's repository for Debian's i386 platform:
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
After adding this line to /etc/apt/sources.list, do as root
- apt-get install skype
and then as regular user just call
- skype
amd64
It becomes more problematic when running the amd64 platform, which now more and more individuals are doing. You can run the same binary, but it should be prepended with "linux32", a program preloading the libraries from the 32 bit world under an otherwise 64bit environment. Do as root
- apt-get install ia32-libs lib32asound2 libasound2-plugins
wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb dpkg -i --force-all skype-install.deb
and as regular user
- linux32 skype
Video did not work for me, but otherwise it was all fine.
other platforms
Well, this is why you should not use Skype in the first place.
See also
[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432295 Solution for Ubuntu] Motivation and seed of the writing above