On Thu, 23 May 2013 22:18:38 +0200 Alois Mahdal <alois.mahdal.1-ndm...@zxcvb.cz> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm following instructions[1] from Debian Wiki to install Skype > on Wheezy. > > [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/skype#Debian_7.0_.22Wheezy.22 > > In a nutshell: > > # dpkg --add-architecture i386 > # apt-get update > # wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/...snip > # dpkg -i skype-install.deb > # apt-get -f install > > > Now at the point when I do `apt-get -f install`, only solution > APT offers is to remove skype:i386. While I agree with APT > that there are much better options than Skype(tm), I need to > communicate with people inside the walled garden, so for now > I'm going to stick with Skype. > > me@here:~$ sudo apt-get -f install > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Correcting dependencies... Done > The following packages will be REMOVED: > skype:i386 > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 55 not upgraded. > 1 not fully installed or removed. > After this operation, 39.2 MB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? > > > What am I missing? How should I help APT here? Does the wiki > page need update? > > > (Note that I actually had Skype installed a while ago but purged > it as it was somehow "broken": it was missing from Xfce menus > and from PATH. So what I'm doing is actually an attempt to > "fix" previous installation.) It's been a while since I installed it, but I seem to remember seeing the same thing. IIRC I ran aptitude and used the resolver and it suggested that I install a few i386 packages which I did and everything has been running nicely since. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130523141103.4be6d...@debian.ok.shawcable.net
