Skype Problems !!!

[L.J]

Hi, I am relatively new to linux and have been trying to make it my main operating system by installing some of my usual software, one of which is skype. I have been trying for the past couple of days to make this install work but i cannot seem to do it, my friend has installed it fine and will not help me do mine as he reackons i have to learn to deal with linux :-|. I have downloaded skype of their website and installing the package using synaptic package manager, evven tho it seems to of installed fine it, when i click the launcher (applications>internet>skype) a window appears with the heading "End User liscence Agreement", this only shows for a split second before exiting. Can anyone explain what is going wrong and what i can do to get skype up and running.

P.S. When i run it using terminal i get the message "Aborted" after the window has popped up once again. Hope this helps and i hope someone can help me. cheers

[spcwingo]

I would recommend uninstalling the version you currently have [also delete your profile (/home/yourusername/.Skype)] and enabling the medibuntu repository, if you haven't already. Then:


sudo apt-get install skype-static

Instruction for enabling the medibuntu repo can be found here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

Let us know how it goes. :)

[L.J]

hey thanks for the reply but i have just tryed the way you have explained and it hasnt worked, it did get me abit closer tho as i now have skype in the synaptic package manager, i have tryed to download this but it comes up with an error while installing and doesnt install. Any idea's ? all would be appreciated.

Cheers

[spcwingo]

When you run the code above, what error does it give (copy/paste the terminal output in your next post)?

[L.J]

i am unable to post the error as since my first post i have fully removed skype to try out you way of installing it. I cannot install it again as i keep getting an error message ->

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/skype_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/share/icons/skype.png', which is also in package skype-common

Do you understand this ? What can i do to get past this and install skype again ?

Sorry for any inconvienice.

[spcwingo]

Try this code:


sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoclean && sudo apt-get install skype-static

This will clear the apt cache (old downloaded packages...although it will not uninstall the programs) and attempt to reinstall skype-static. If you get any errors, please post them.

[Ac1ds0ld13r]

got the same issue with mine and jaunty



list; sudo apt-get -q update; sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring; sudo apt-get -q update
--2009-06-06 14:27:26-- http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list
Resolving www.medibuntu.org... 87.98.242.110
Connecting to www.medibuntu.org|87.98.242.110|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 280 [text/plain]
Saving to: `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list'

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Reading package lists...
W: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org jaunty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EBC26B60C5A2783
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libqt4-opengl dvgrab libqt4-assistant libqt4-test libwebkit-1.0-1
libqt4-core xdotool vgrabbj libqt4-gui ftplib3 libtar libquicktime1
libsdl-image1.2 libfaad0
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medibuntu-keyring
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Reading package lists...
ac1ds0ld13r@ac1ds0ld13r-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install skype-static
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libqt4-opengl dvgrab libqt4-assistant libqt4-test libwebkit-1.0-1
libqt4-core xdotool vgrabbj libqt4-gui ftplib3 libtar libquicktime1
libsdl-image1.2 libfaad0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
skype-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
skype-common skype-static
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Theres my output. It took a minute for me to do it correctly though so some of that is garbage.

In any event everything installed without a hitch that I can see.

[L.J]

I have so far gotten it to delete all the packages and reinstall them, once again just when i thought it would work, it hasn't... I ran it from terminal and got this->

lewis@lewis-desktop:~$ skype
Aborted
lewis@lewis-desktop:~$

Any help ?

[merlinus]

I have always downloaded the .deb file directly from the skype website and then used the GDebi package installer. This is activated by right-clicking on the .deb and selecting that option.

Then it appears in Applications/Internet.

[Ac1ds0ld13r]

I have always downloaded the .deb file directly from the skype website and then used the GDebi package installer. This is activated by right-clicking on the .deb and selecting that option.

Then it appears in Applications/Internet.

Yeah, I know how to install it. The problem is that it's not working once its installed. And in the interim between this post and my previous post I've tried 3 other programs that claim to handle voip and all of them fail.

Which begs the question: Are there any programs out there that are easy to set up (I don't mind going into the terminal to hammer out a few lines of code here and there but I don't want to have to re-write the program either) and actually, you know.. WORK?

[merlinus]

Sorry, but the only things I can think of re: skype is that for some reason it did not load needed dependencies and/or detect your internet connection.

[L.J]

When it runs it shows the end user lisence agreement for a split second then aborts the operation, any knowledge on how to fix this as i think this is the main problem.

thanks.

[L.J]

Anyone have any knowledge on how to fix this as i cannot find a solution on the net yet :/.
Someone please help :-k

[Ac1ds0ld13r]

Not a fix, but it might save you some other headaches.

I tried the Ekiga software, which seems to work fine, however it doesn't work at all with Skype. Skype uses a proprietary protocol, and from what I've seen, if it's not Skype, it won't work.

[L.J]

ok thanks, ill take a look and post what i find :)

cheers

[L.J]

oh and i have a question, does that software accept skype contacts or can it interact with skype users ?

cheers

[Ac1ds0ld13r]

No. Skype has a proprietary protocol. So if you want to do anything with your Skype contacts you need Skype. Sad story. :(

[L.J]

hmm well i need to get my skype working then :/, anyone now anything at all about my problem ?? If soo HELPPPPP !! :(