Ubuntu

Šarūnas sarunas at mail.saabnet.com
Fri Sep 19 09:57:48 EDT 2008


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Derek Atkins wrote:
> Bruce Labitt <bruce.labitt at verizon.net> writes:
> 
>> Does Ubuntu run Skype out of the box?  I think Skype requires qt4.  I 
>> would like to use Skype on my linux machine.  My daughter is overseas 
>> right now, so it is a handy way to communicate.
> 
> Define "out of the box".  You still need to download and install skype,
> but according to http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/choose/
> you can get skype for Ubuntu 7.04+
> 
Skype is not in standard repositories, so yes, one will have to download
it from Skype web site. Or add medibuntu repository, for example, and
then install by any of the standard means.

On i386, downloaded .deb will be automagically install, at least as a
default behavior. On amd64 it will be necessary to run 'dpkg
- --force-architecture ...deb'

Šarūnas
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