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applesios
August 14th, 2011, 05:49 AM
when i try to install skype this is what's written

http://i56.tinypic.com/1oxhlc.png

if you cant understand, it says "the architecture i386 is wrong"

is there a way to fix this?

Hakunka-Matata
August 14th, 2011, 06:34 AM
If you're trying to install it out of synaptic and it fails, download a .deb directly from Skype.com/ and vice versa

applesios
August 14th, 2011, 06:41 AM
that's what i've done allready, when i double click it it says what i written under the picture

Hakunka-Matata
August 14th, 2011, 06:45 AM
sounds like maybe you're running the 64 bit Ubuntu OS, which means you would need to install the 64 bit Skype program?

applesios
August 14th, 2011, 06:50 AM
sounds like maybe you're running the 64 bit Ubuntu OS, which means you would need to install the 64 bit Skype program?

hehe i guess it was 64 bit, now it's installing

thanks for the tip :wink:

Hakunka-Matata
August 14th, 2011, 06:53 AM
sure thing, you're welcome