64bit skype client needed

[jd1008]

On 09/18/2014 12:26 AM, Marcel J.E. Mol wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 02:14:21PM -0600, jd1008 wrote:
>> On 09/17/2014 01:54 PM, Joonas Sarajärvi wrote:
>>>> OK, I have the rpm pf skype which was built for fc18:
>>>> skype-4.2.0.11-3.fc18.x86_64.rpm
>>>> but it still depends on i686 libs and other components.
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering if there is a way to extract the spec file
>>> >from it and rebuild it (i.e. relink it) with 64bit libs, by
>>>> editing the spec file, and running rpmbuild ...etc.
>>>>
>>> To make a 64-bit build of the application, you would need to actually
>>> compile the sources with a compiler that targets the 64-bit
>>> instruction set. This requires access to application source code.
>>> Source code to the Skype client is not available.
>>>
>>> My impression is that the skype "x86_64" rpm is still the same 32-bit
>>> application that ships in their 32-bit package.
>>>
>>> Fortunately, an x86-64 Fedora installation can easily run also 32-bit
>>> applications.
>>>
>>> -Joonas
>> Yes I know, but I just found out how to do a rebuild of the binary
>> via
>> # rpmrebuild autogenerated specfile
>>
>> but it still requires 32 bit libs.
> I wonder if skype 4.2 still works. I think I was forced to upgrade to
> 4.3 to get it working again.
>
> I used the 'lpf' tool ((Local Package Factory) to install skype...
> (just google 'lpf skype')
>
> -Marcel
I did indeed also install the 4.2 from the skype download page some time
ago, and I still have it (rpm file) on my system. But it does not seem 
to be available
from MS.