skype

Skype is a proprietary voice-over-IP service and software application.

Install on Debian Wheezy 32 bit

• su

• wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb

• dpkg -i skype-install.deb
• apt-get -f install

Install on Slackware 14.0 32 bit

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/network/skype/

The slackbuild for 14.1 may be used in 14.0 .

• cd ~/Downloads

• wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-4.3.0.37.tar.bz2

• wget http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.1/network/skype.tar.gz

• cp skype.tar.gz /tmp
• cd /tmp
• tar xvzf skype.tar.gz
• cd skype
• cp ~/Downloads/skype-4.3.0.37.tar.bz2 .
• su

• ./skype.SlackBuild

• installpkg /tmp/skype-4.3.0.37-i486-1_SBo.tgz
• vim /etc/ld.so.conf # comment ref to google earth
• ldconfig

Slackbuild 32 bit: skype-4.2.0.11-i486-1_SBo.tgz

ghetto-skype

• wget https://github.com/stanfieldr/ghetto-skype/releases/download/v1.5.0/ghetto-skype_1.5.0_i386.deb

• deb2tgz ghetto-skype_1.5.0_i386.deb
• su
• installpkg ghetto-skype_1.5.0_i386.txz
• cd "/opt/Ghetto Skype"
• ./ghetto-skype