HOW TO: Skype on Breezy w/o libqt3c102-mt

[nbx909]

Note this is mainly if you need libqt3-mt for any reason if you do not need libqt-mt go to http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthre...t=skype+breezy instead. Other wise follow these directions
1.

sudo apt-get install libqt3-mt

(if you don't already have it installed)
2.Download the Dynamic binary tar.bz2 verson from http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/ and untar it.
3. copy the skype folder that you just untared to /usr/share/ and /usr/local/share/
for example

sudo cp /home/nbx909/skype /usr/share/
sudo cp /home/nbx909/skype /usr/local/share/

4.

cd /usr/share/skype/icons
sudo cp skype_32_32.png /usr/share/pixmaps/

5.

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop

and paste this into the new skype.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Skype
Comment=Skype
Exec=/usr/share/skype/skype
Icon=skype_32_32.png
Terminal=0
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Application;Network;

Save it
6. now refresh the gnome panel by doing

killall gnome-panel

7. Go to Applications>Internet and you should see skype. Click on it and it will take a few seconds to load but it will work.

[cbudden]

Or alien a RPM.

[nbx909]

Now where were you when before i did all of that?

[kvidell]

If you've just installed that lib, why can't you just go ahead and install it from the deb file they provide? (http://skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb)
That's what I did, works fine.
- Kev

[nbx909]

If you have libqt3c102-mt already go ahead and use the .deb. But some apps need the newer libqt3-mt so that is why i wrote this.

[arnieboy]

or just use automatix.. will save u all the trouble.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=66563

[zenrox]

http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=30291
i assume you all ready have dynamic ver
skype

mv skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb.orig
mkdir skype.tmp
dpkg-deb --extract skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb.orig skype.tmp
dpkg-deb --control skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb.orig skype.tmp/DEBIAN

# Now use your favorite editor to edit the Depends line as

gedit  skype.tmp/DEBIAN/control

find this line
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4.1-3), libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3.2), libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.4-1), libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxext6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0)
and replace with
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4.1-3), libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3.2) | libqt3-mt, libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.4-1), libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxext6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0)
then

dpkg --build skype.tmp
mv skype.tmp.deb skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb 
sudo dpkg -i skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb

and all should be find and dandy

[Gandalf]

The only effective way i've found is this

sudo apt-get install fakeroot alien
fakeroot alien --to-tgz skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get install libqt3-mt
fakeroot alien --to-deb skype-1.2.0.17.tgz
sudo dpkg -i skype_1.2.0.17-2_all.deb

Source

[lhtown]

http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=30291
i assume you all ready have dynamic ver
skype

mv skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb.orig
mkdir skype.tmp
dpkg-deb --extract skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb.orig skype.tmp
dpkg-deb --control skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb.orig skype.tmp/DEBIAN

# Now use your favorite editor to edit the Depends line as

gedit  skype.tmp/DEBIAN/control

find this line
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4.1-3), libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3.2), libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.4-1), libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxext6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0)
and replace with
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4.1-3), libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3.2) | libqt3-mt, libstdc++5 (>= 1:3.3.4-1), libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxext6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0)
then

dpkg --build skype.tmp
mv skype.tmp.deb skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb 
sudo dpkg -i skype_1.2.0.17-1_i386.deb

and all should be find and dandy

Works great for me. Now why can't Skype do that?

[Mustard]

Works great for me. Now why can't Skype do that?

Good question.

The libqt3c102-mt has been giving me grief for a while with all the conflicts it creates with other packages. I'm glad to see there is a solution.