Re: Installing Skype 2 on Lenny?
Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: How do i install Skype 2 on Lenny? (I need Skype 2 for the video chat.) snip Hi Jen, Just a small note. You don't need Skype for video chats. AMSN, Ekiga, Kopete among others work fine on Lenny and don't leave you open to the risk of vendor lock-in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in Skype uses a proprietary protocol for audio (I don't know about Skype video) whereas the ones that I listed above don't. This gives you and your correspondents a choice. With Skype you can only use Skype. Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing Skype 2 on Lenny?
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 07:03:06PM -0800, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: How do i install Skype 2 on Lenny? (I need Skype 2 for the video chat.) I cant find any packages in the usual debian repositorys, and the one on the Skype site is only for Etch. Will it work OK? (And if it does, silly question: whats the name for the QT4 package? I use Gnome. There were a bunch of QT4 packages for design, devel, etc. but no plain this is the QT4 base package.) Yes, the package works on Lenny. It depends on libqt4-core and libqt4-gui; if you install it, Synaptic (or anything else) should list it as Broken and offer to install the dependencies for you. Or is there a real repository i can add to my sources.list? Id rather just do this with Synaptic instead of manually. None that I know of, unfortunately. -- Benjamin A'Lee :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subvert Technologies :: http://subvert.org.uk/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Installing Skype 2 on Lenny?
On Sat January 12 2008, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote: How do i install Skype 2 on Lenny? (I need Skype 2 for the video chat.) I cant find any packages in the usual debian repositorys, and the one on the Skype site is only for Etch. Will it work OK? (And if it does, silly question: whats the name for the QT4 package? I use Gnome. There were a bunch of QT4 packages for design, devel, etc. but no plain this is the QT4 base package.) Or is there a real repository i can add to my sources.list? Id rather just do this with Synaptic instead of manually. Thanks! Jen Skype stable release can be apt-got from here : deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free However to get video you might have to install the beta version which AFAIK is not available through their Debian repos. Mihira. -- Random Quotes From Megas XLR Coop: You see? The mysteries of the Universe are revealed when you break stuff. Jamie: When in doubt, blow up a planet. Kiva: It's an 80 foot robot, if we can't see it, absolutely it's not here. Glorft Technician: Unnecessary use of force in capturing the Earthers has been approved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
