64bit skype client needed

Cristian Sava csava at central.ucv.ro
Mon Oct 20 06:49:47 UTC 2014


On Sun, 2014-10-19 at 16:09 -0700, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-09-17 at 12:46 -0600, jd1008 wrote:
> > I have been trying to locate a fully 64bit skype client to no avail;
> > a client that will not require 32 bit dependencies.
> > 
> > Any info on that?
> > 
> > MS is not supporting linux x86_64  and who can blame them?
> > They do not like Linux. They might even wish it would disappear.
> 
> If you do install Skype (which I did using the Local Package Factory,
> "lpf skype"), you'll need to be sure that 32 bit versions of some of the
> audio libraries are installed.  The Skype rpm doesn't load them
> automatically during installation, nor does Skype complain about their
> absence; the audio just doesn't work.  I needed these:
> 	pulseaudio-libs-5.0-7.fc20.i686
>         alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.27-2.fc20.i686
>         alsa-lib-1.0.27.2-2.fc20.i686
>         
> jon
> 
See
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/users/2014-June/450773.html
customize and do it yourself.

Good luck,
C. Sava




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