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You should probably stay on 2.2 beta.... 1. Skype 4 require download 95 additional packages for ubuntu version (all marked i386 even if you using amd64) 2. I

by phenom 14y ago

You should probably stay on 2.2 beta.... 1. Skype 4 require download 95 additional packages for ubuntu version (all marked i386 even if you using amd64) 2. I am not sure but giant ads probably included too [1] [1] http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/skype-calls-to-feature-ads-big-enough-to-interrupt-any-conversation/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/skype-...

bad_user 14y ago
On Ubuntu the dependencies were already installed by the old version, so I could install this new version without anything else required.
- phenom 14y ago
  My old amd64 version do not require that much dependencies only coupe of packages... and thats it.. Here list of my dependencies for skype 4: bluez-alsa:i386 glib-networking:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 gstreamer0.10-x:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 ibus-gtk:i386 lib32asound2 lib32gcc1 lib32stdc++6 libaa1:i386 libaio1:i386 libao4:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libaudiofile1:i386 libavc1394-0:i386 libc6-i386 libcaca0:i386 libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcap2:i386 libcroco3:i386 libcupsimage2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libdv4:i386 libesd0:i386 libgail-common:i386 libgail18:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgdbm3:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgettextpo0:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgomp1:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgudev-1.0-0:i386 libibus-1.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 libiec61883-0:i386 libjasper1:i386 libmad0:i386 libmikmod2:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss3:i386 libodbc1:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libproxy1:i386 libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 libpulsedsp:i386 libqt4-designer:i386 libqt4-opengl:i386 libqt4-qt3support:i386 libqt4-scripttools:i386 libqt4-svg:i386 libqt4-test:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libraw1394-11:i386 librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 librtmp0:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386 libsdl-net1.2:i386 libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386 libshout3:i386 libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 libsoup2.4-1:i386 libspeex1:i386 libssl0.9.8:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libtag1-vanilla:i386 libtag1c2a:i386 libtdb1:i386 libunistring0:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libwavpack1:i386 libxaw7:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxft2:i386 libxmu6:i386 libxp6:i386 libxtst6:i386 odbcinst1debian2:i386 xaw3dg:i386
  - idonthack 14y ago
    i like how it requires both gnome and qt4.
  - bad_user 14y ago
    Yeah, I forgot to tell that I'm using the Ubuntu x86 version, not the x64 one.
reidrac 14y ago
On Fedora (17 here, 32 bits) replaces the old package without installing any extra stuff. I haven't tested it deeply, but looks like runs smoother than the previous (quite unstable) version.
- ajross 14y ago
  The point was that skype has no x86_64 version. So if you have a 64 bit install (random aside: I hope you're on an Atom netbook and not running a 32 bit linux on a desktop/laptop) it will pull all the i686 versions of its dependencies. This probably works now on Ubuntu, which has finally rolled out a multilib implementation (that I haven't kicked the tires on yet).
  - reidrac 14y ago
    This a i3 M370, but I run a 32 bits OS because I got tired of running 64 bits with applications with no support for 64 bits (read: Flash browser plugin and Skype). After some time I've found that there's no real advantage for me on a 64 bits OS for a laptop (ie. I have only 3GB of RAM, performance looks the same, etc).
    - rmk2 14y ago
      Flash has been X86_64 compatible for a while now... sh-4.2$ rpm -q flash-player flash-player-11.2.202.236-91.1.x86_64 (rpm query on openSUSE Tumbleweed) sh-4.2$ file /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, stripped
      - reidrac 14y ago
        Choppy sound (if not completely broken depending on the audio codec), crashes (I got core dumps daily), absurd CPU usage and made Firefox unstable. I'm not a heavy flash user, but after 6 months I was really frustrated. The 32 bits version works great in comparison.
  - 14y ago
jawr 14y ago
Debian 6.0.5 installed without any additional packages also, it was a straight replace. edit: amd64
bobobo1618 14y ago
I'm on Arch Linux and installing skype4 from AUR has no dependencies that the skype package from multilib didn't... Must just be Ubuntu ^.^
- jawr 14y ago
  that and the fact that Arch rocks!
- FreeFull 14y ago
  The new version of skype is in the official repositories. Just installed it and it looks good so far.
ch0wn 14y ago
It's actually a 32-bit binary, so the amd64 debian package just lists all the i386 dependencies explicitly. Bummer. $ file /usr/bin/skype /usr/bin/skype: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, BuildID[sha1]=0x3223447b98867e62fbed258aa0da4f2281ab6f11, stripped
skystorm 14y ago
As to your point 2, I've heard multiple times now that this Linux version does not include the in-conversation ads.
DaNmarner 14y ago
Maybe you should consider that a Ubuntu problem...I use Arch and only one additional package is required.

by phenom 14y ago

bad_user 14y ago

On Ubuntu the dependencies were already installed by the old version, so I could install this new version without anything else required.

phenom 14y ago
My old amd64 version do not require that much dependencies only coupe of packages... and thats it.. Here list of my dependencies for skype 4: bluez-alsa:i386 glib-networking:i386 gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386 gstreamer0.10-x:i386 gtk2-engines:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-oxygen:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 ia32-libs ia32-libs-multiarch:i386 ibus-gtk:i386 lib32asound2 lib32gcc1 lib32stdc++6 libaa1:i386 libaio1:i386 libao4:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libaudiofile1:i386 libavc1394-0:i386 libc6-i386 libcaca0:i386 libcairo-gobject2:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk0:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcap2:i386 libcroco3:i386 libcupsimage2:i386 libcurl3:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libdv4:i386 libesd0:i386 libgail-common:i386 libgail18:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgdbm3:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libgettextpo0:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgomp1:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libgudev-1.0-0:i386 libibus-1.0-0:i386 libidn11:i386 libiec61883-0:i386 libjasper1:i386 libmad0:i386 libmikmod2:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnss3:i386 libodbc1:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libproxy1:i386 libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386 libpulsedsp:i386 libqt4-designer:i386 libqt4-opengl:i386 libqt4-qt3support:i386 libqt4-scripttools:i386 libqt4-svg:i386 libqt4-test:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 libraw1394-11:i386 librsvg2-2:i386 librsvg2-common:i386 librtmp0:i386 libsdl-image1.2:i386 libsdl-mixer1.2:i386 libsdl-net1.2:i386 libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386 libsdl1.2debian:i386 libshout3:i386 libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386 libsoup2.4-1:i386 libspeex1:i386 libssl0.9.8:i386 libstdc++5:i386 libtag1-vanilla:i386 libtag1c2a:i386 libtdb1:i386 libunistring0:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libwavpack1:i386 libxaw7:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxft2:i386 libxmu6:i386 libxp6:i386 libxtst6:i386 odbcinst1debian2:i386 xaw3dg:i386
- idonthack 14y ago
  i like how it requires both gnome and qt4.
- bad_user 14y ago
  Yeah, I forgot to tell that I'm using the Ubuntu x86 version, not the x64 one.

reidrac 14y ago

On Fedora (17 here, 32 bits) replaces the old package without installing any extra stuff. I haven't tested it deeply, but looks like runs smoother than the previous (quite unstable) version.

ajross 14y ago
The point was that skype has no x86_64 version. So if you have a 64 bit install (random aside: I hope you're on an Atom netbook and not running a 32 bit linux on a desktop/laptop) it will pull all the i686 versions of its dependencies. This probably works now on Ubuntu, which has finally rolled out a multilib implementation (that I haven't kicked the tires on yet).
- reidrac 14y ago
  This a i3 M370, but I run a 32 bits OS because I got tired of running 64 bits with applications with no support for 64 bits (read: Flash browser plugin and Skype). After some time I've found that there's no real advantage for me on a 64 bits OS for a laptop (ie. I have only 3GB of RAM, performance looks the same, etc).
  - rmk2 14y ago
    Flash has been X86_64 compatible for a while now... sh-4.2$ rpm -q flash-player flash-player-11.2.202.236-91.1.x86_64 (rpm query on openSUSE Tumbleweed) sh-4.2$ file /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, stripped
    - reidrac 14y ago
      Choppy sound (if not completely broken depending on the audio codec), crashes (I got core dumps daily), absurd CPU usage and made Firefox unstable. I'm not a heavy flash user, but after 6 months I was really frustrated. The 32 bits version works great in comparison.
- 14y ago

jawr 14y ago

Debian 6.0.5 installed without any additional packages also, it was a straight replace. edit: amd64

bobobo1618 14y ago

I'm on Arch Linux and installing skype4 from AUR has no dependencies that the skype package from multilib didn't... Must just be Ubuntu ^.^

jawr 14y ago
that and the fact that Arch rocks!
FreeFull 14y ago
The new version of skype is in the official repositories. Just installed it and it looks good so far.

ch0wn 14y ago

It's actually a 32-bit binary, so the amd64 debian package just lists all the i386 dependencies explicitly. Bummer. $ file /usr/bin/skype /usr/bin/skype: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, BuildID[sha1]=0x3223447b98867e62fbed258aa0da4f2281ab6f11, stripped

skystorm 14y ago

As to your point 2, I've heard multiple times now that this Linux version does not include the in-conversation ads.

DaNmarner 14y ago

Maybe you should consider that a Ubuntu problem...I use Arch and only one additional package is required.