A finite subset of this package.use file will let skype install, followed of course by emerge skype.
I arrived at this list the long hard way, repeatedly running emerge and adding stuffs still portage stopped it's whinging. The worst part is Qt and X11 as skype is a Qt app and no longer bundles a local copy of Qt. I agree with Ralf, a small VM with Windows or an Ubuntu/Mint/whatever appliance solely for use with skype is probably a better use of your time. It's a huge PITA to keep abi_x86_32 under control and not bloat, whereas a VM only needs disk space (cheap as dirt) and apt-get once a fortnight or so. Anyway, here's a package.use that works on a Plasma 5 system: # These enable 32-bit libs, mostly for wine and skype # This list is long because both need all of X11 as 32bit and it's a big tree # dev-libs/* abi_x86_32 dev-qt/* abi_x86_32 media-libs/* abi_x86_32 net-libs/* abi_x86_32 sci-libs/* abi_x86_32 sys-libs/* abi_x86_32 x11-libs/* abi_x86_32 x11-proto/* abi_x86_32 app-accessibility/at-spi2-atk abi_x86_32 app-accessibility/at-spi2-core abi_x86_32 app-arch/bzip2 abi_x86_32 app-arch/xz-utils abi_x86_32 app-arch/snappy abi_x86_32 app-i18n/enca abi_x86_32 dev-db/mysql abi_x86_32 dev-db/sqlite abi_x86_32 dev-db/unixODBC abi_x86_32 dev-lang/orc abi_x86_32 dev-qt/qt3support:4 abi_x86_32 dev-qt/qtcore:4 abi_x86_32 dev-qt/qtdbus:4 abi_x86_32 dev-qt/qtgui:4 abi_x86_32 dev-qt/qtscript:4 abi_x86_32 dev-qt/qtsql:4 abi_x86_32 dev-qt/qtwebkit:4 abi_x86_32 dev-qt/qtxmlpatterns:4 abi_x86_32 dev-util/pkgconfig abi_x86_32 gnome-base/librsvg abi_x86_32 gnome-base/gconf abi_x86_32 media-gfx/graphite2 abi_x86_32 media-gfx/sane-backends abi_x86_32 media-plugins/alsa-plugins abi_x86_32 media-sound/lame abi_x86_32 media-sound/mpg123 abi_x86_32 media-sound/pulseaudio abi_x86_32 media-sound/wavpack abi_x86_32 media-video/ffmpeg abi_x86_32 net-dns/avahi abi_x86_32 net-fs/samba abi_x86_32 net-print/cups abi_x86_32 net-wireless/bluez abi_x86_32 sys-apps/attr abi_x86_32 sys-apps/dbus abi_x86_32 sys-apps/util-linux abi_x86_32 sys-devel/gettext abi_x86_32 sys-devel/flex abi_x86_32 sys-fs/udev abi_x86_32 virtual/ffmpeg abi_x86_32 virtual/glu abi_x86_32 virtual/jpeg abi_x86_32 virtual/libffi abi_x86_32 virtual/libiconv abi_x86_32 virtual/libintl abi_x86_32 virtual/libmysqlclient abi_x86_32 virtual/libudev abi_x86_32 virtual/libusb abi_x86_32 virtual/mysql abi_x86_32 virtual/opengl abi_x86_32 virtual/pam abi_x86_32 virtual/pkgconfig abi_x86_32 On 24/02/2016 22:17, allan gottlieb wrote: > On Wed, Feb 24 2016, Ralf wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I hate those tons of abi_x86_32 packages as well. >> >> This is also not solving your slot conflict, but why not: >> - Use a Windows VM for Skype >> - Use a small Linux VM for Skype (e.g. Debian) >> and just redirect your webcam. >> >> In this way, you don't mess up your system with 32 bit libraries. And, >> of course, you don't know what skype is internally doing as it is >> proprietary software and not famous for no bugs/vulnerabilities. >> >> Cheers >> Ralf > > I am trying to convince the dept and/or systems group to ship me one of > their "loaner laptops" that has skype installed. > > But I "promised" to try to install it on my main laptop (gentoo). > On a backup laptop I went to the skype website and picked up the generic > linux binary. However it complained that I don't have the libraries it > needs, presumably because it wants /usr/lib32 and I have /usr/lib64. > > allan > -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
