OK I will answer my own question on how to get skype to installed:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=432295
which lists these commands:
cd; sudo apt-get install ia32-libs lib32asound2; cd ~/Desktop; wget -N
boundlesssupremacy.com/Cappy/getlibs/getlibs-all.deb; wget -N -O
skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu; sudo
dpkg -i getlibs-all.deb; sudo dpkg -i --force-all skype-install.deb;
sudo getlibs /usr/bin/skype; cd ~
needing to pay attention to the output returned, at one point I got:
Server file no newer than local file `skype-debian_1.4.0.118-1_i386.deb'
-- not retrieving.
and need to substitute sudo dpkg -i --force-all skype-install.deb with
sudo dpkg -i --force-all skype-debian_1.4.0.118-1_i386.deb.
Last thing this does is match up some libraries, the download seems to
halt, it is just a matter of patience at that point.
Cheers,
Roger
Roger Searle wrote:
there doesn't appear to be a 64 bit skype.
