Skype won't work.

[3kings]

Hey, i have been trying to install skype and it hasn't been working....

here is the install message:

dpkg --install sd.deb
(Reading database ... 250985 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace skype 4.1.0.20-1 (using sd.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement skype ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype:
 skype depends on libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3).
 skype depends on libqt4-network (>= 4:4.8.0).
 skype depends on libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3).
 skype depends on libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1).
 skype depends on libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0).
 skype depends on libqtwebkit4 (>= 2.1.0~2011week13).
 skype depends on libxss1.
 skype depends on libxv1.

dpkg: error processing skype (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 skype

sd is the name of my skype package.

also when i type skype into the terminal i get this:

skype
skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXv.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Any solutions?

[geri]

apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk

then download

http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-debian_4.0.0.7-1_i386.deb

when you download

dpkg -i --force-architecture skype-debian_4.0.0.7-1_i386.deb

[enaqx]

Use official wiki documentation on amd64 architecture.

http://wiki.debian.org/skype

[Fatty]

This did not help me. Does anyone have another solution? After :

apt-get install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk

I receive the following error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ia32-libs : Depends: ia32-libs-i386
ia32-libs-gtk : Depends: ia32-libs-i386
Depends: ia32-libs-gtk-i386
skype:i386 : Depends: libasound2:i386 (>= 1.0.16)
Depends: libqt4-dbus:i386 (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqt4-network:i386 (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqt4-xml:i386 (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqtcore4:i386 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqtgui4:i386 (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqtwebkit4:i386 (>= 2.1.0~2011week13) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libstdc++6:i386 (>= 4.6) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxss1:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxv1:i386 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libssl1.0.0:i386 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

This leads to the following error when I try to dpkg skype:

dpkg: error processing skype (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
skype

which cannot be fixed with 'apt-get -f install'

'apt-get -f install' removes skype.

Thank you in advance for any help/advice.

[zimmaro]

This did not help me. Does anyone have another solution? After :


I receive the following error:


This leads to the following error when I try to dpkg skype:



which cannot be fixed with 'apt-get -f install'

'apt-get -f install' removes skype.

Thank you in advance for any help/advice.

similar post here:

http://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?509-Skype

[eyekantbeme]

Hey, just wanted to give my 2 cents, it took forever for me to get skype to work, but this worked perfectly for me after CDing to the location where the skype tar.gz file was.

here's the linK!

http://2c2bn.wordpress.com/2013/10/0...on-kali-linux/

Goodluck!

[eyekantbeme]

woops old thread.....hopefuly this helps someone who searched for this thread!