Easy Way to run Skype under amd64 (In case you wonder)

[RAOF]

Originally Posted by mloskot I have the same problem. I have all libXxf86*.so.* libraries installed to /usr/lib Here is what ldd says: mloskot@dog:~/download/skype-1.2.0.17$ ldd ./skype linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1 (0x55585000) libXmu.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXmu.so.6 (0x555eb000) libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libXrandr.so.2 (0x55600000) libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libXcursor.so.1 (0x55603000) libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libXft.so.2 (0x5560c000) libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libfreetype.so.6 (0x5561e000) libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x55688000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libSM.so.6 (0x556b7000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libICE.so.6 (0x556be000) libdl.so.2 => /lib32/tls/libdl.so.2 (0x556d7000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXext.so.6 (0x556da000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libX11.so.6 (0x556e7000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/tls/libpthread.so.0 (0x557a7000) libstdc++.so.5 => /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.5 (0x557b9000) libm.so.6 => /lib32/tls/libm.so.6 (0x55873000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x55895000) libc.so.6 => /lib32/tls/libc.so.6 (0x558a0000) libXxf86vm.so.1 => not found libdrm.so.1 => not found libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXt.so.6 (0x559cf000) libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libXrender.so.1 (0x55a1d000) libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib32/libXfixes.so.3 (0x55a25000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libz.so.1 (0x55a29000) libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libexpat.so.1 (0x55a3d000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x55555000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXau.so.6 (0x55a5d000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x55a60000) ...

You might notice that all of the libs referenced are actually under the /usr/lib32 directory. That's because skype, as a 32bit binary, needs 32bit libs, and cannot link to the 64bit libs you've got in /usr/lib. I suspect that you wouldn't find a libXxf86vm.so.1 under the /usr/lib32 directory, and that's what it's complaining about.

[mloskot]

Yes, you are right. It escaped my notice.
So, is there any lib32 version of missing libraries?
How lib32 versions are marked in Ubuntu repositories?
I don't remember I set up i32 repositories on my sources.list.
It confused me a little.

[Inigo Montoya]

i just install skype on my system (amd64/ubuntu5.10) as followes:

1. install the debian package:

   • download the debian package for from http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb
   • force the installation (we are brave, aren't we?):
     sudo dpk -i --force-all ./skype_1.2.0.18-1_i386.deb

2. install the i386 version of the libqt3-mt library:

   • download the libqt3-mt package for i386 from http://packages.ubuntu.com/
   • force the installation (we are brave, aren't we?):
     sudo dpk -i --force-all ./libqt3-mt_3.3.4-8ubuntu5_i386.deb

3. check if skype is missing anything else:

   ldd /usr/bin/skype

4. start skype by typing skype into a console
5. go, have an old fashioned...

don't know if it runs stable. didn't test it intesively yet...

[mloskot]

Here I posted my solution how to run Skype on amd64 box (thanks to ROAF for great help): Installing lib32 on amd64.

Good luck!
Cheers

[mariuss]

this worked for me just fine

[deibuntu]

Thanks to all for your advices on installing skype for AMD64 ubuntu. Following your guidelines everything seems to be right (when I type ldd /usr/bin/skype all the lib32 libraries are found), but in my case skype doesn't start up... I can see a "Fatal: No Motif style available!" message and the execution is aborted. Does anybody know how to fix this??

Thanks in advance for your help

[Prot]

very nice. although i'm currently configuring chroot access for all my 32-bit apps.

thanks!

[steefjeqv]

Thanks vladvv3,

Works quite good for me.
Using Dapper Drake 64bit on an Opteron based system.

Greetings,
Steven

[Hairback357]

It worked for me. Thank you.

[flapane]

I tried with wine and it worked well