skype or getSkype in 5.x please.

[rvsmith]

Unfortunately I have to use skype as a home worker (company standards) so can not upgrade to 5.x without it. My own tcz from Skype-static works fine in 4.x but I guess the libs are not compatible with 5.x because I get a segmentation fault. Likewise attempting to use getSkype from 4.x repo which is a neater solution.

Thanks,
Harvey

[curaga]

Where do you get the segfault? If it's inside Skype, and there is no newer version, I'm afraid there's nothing we could do as the bug would be theirs.

[coreplayer2]

I think Skype needs QT4.7

[noncom]

Skype is a useful program to have, I can say it for myself too. My situation is exactly the same as for the OP. So, here is my +1

[Juanito]

qt-4.x is now in the 5.x repo - did you try getskype from the tc-4.x repo in tc-5.x?

[andrewb]

Skype created with the TC4 getskype works OK on TC5 using qt-4.x-base.tcz

[Juanito]

Thanks - getskype copied to the 5.x repo

[coreplayer2]

getSkype reports errors connection errors when initially run. persisting may result in a selection of skype versions top download, unfortunately this next error is a show stopper
Skype-static reports missing dep "tiff3.tcz"  and of course will not run.

getSkype is in need of some attention 

[coreplayer2]

if loaded from Apps, then Apps will crash, become unresponsive and will require Xkill to close.

Also, missing qt-4.x-dbus.tcz remains an issue

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Downloading: qt-4.x-dbus.tcz
Connecting to repo.tinycorelinux.net (89.22.99.37:80)
wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
md5sum: qt-4.x-dbus.tcz.md5.txt: No such file or directory
Error on qt-4.x-dbus.tcz
Downloading: qt-4.x-xml.tcz
Connecting to repo.tinycorelinux.net (89.22.99.37:80)
qt-4.x-xml.tcz       100% |*******************************|  1868k  0:00:00 ETA
qt-4.x-xml.tcz: OK

[gerald_clark]

getskype ran.
The skype-static that is downloaded apparently is not as static as claimed.

[Juanito]

I can't test as skype and any skype site is blocked here.

There are both getskype and getSkype extensions in the 4.x repo - maybe there was some confusion between the two?

[coreplayer2]

The resulting Skype (not static this time) created with getskype  produces this error when run

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skype
/usr/local/bin/skype-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

perhaps we need getSkype extension?? 

Will try later but meanwhile I got to run..

[coreplayer2]

Ongoing skype saga..

getskype runs but have not found a completed Skype version which runs without error even after modifying deps

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WARNING: Could not determine current Skype 4.0 version
Please check the serviceability of Internet connection
Otherwise need to tell the maintainer about this issue

Would be offered the last known Skype version 4.0.0.8
Press any key to continue...

Choose Skype version for installation

    1) Current Skype 4.0.0.8
    2) Current Skype 4.0.0.8 (Static)
    3) Old stable Skype 2.2.0.35
    4) Old stable Skype 2.2.0.35 (Static)
    5) Eldest stable Skype 2.0.0.72 (OSS)

    Q) Quit installation

Please make selection (1 - 5 or Quit)

Is selected Skype 2.2 Static (2.2.0.35)
Press any key to continue...

Downloading skype_static-2.2.0.35.tar.bz2
--2014-06-15 12:11:37--  http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-2.2.0.35.tar.bz2
Resolving download.skype.com... 63.217.8.25, 63.217.8.16
Connecting to download.skype.com|63.217.8.25|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 30885960 (29M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: `skype_static-2.2.0.35.tar.bz2'

100%[================================================================================================================================>] 30,885,960  4.27M/s   in 6.3s   

2014-06-15 12:11:45 (4.70 MB/s) - `skype_static-2.2.0.35.tar.bz2' saved [30885960/30885960]

Creating extension skype2-static.tcz

Downloading dependencies eglibc_gconv.tcz libv4l.tcz Xorg-7.6-lib.tcz
Downloading: eglibc_gconv.tcz
Connecting to repo.tinycorelinux.net (89.22.99.37:80)
wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
md5sum: eglibc_gconv.tcz.md5.txt: No such file or directory
Error on eglibc_gconv.tcz
v4l-dvb-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz.dep OK
Downloading: v4l-dvb-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz
Connecting to repo.tinycorelinux.net (89.22.99.37:80)
v4l-dvb-3.8.13-tinyc 100% |*************************************************************************************************************************|  2688k  0:00:00 ETA
v4l-dvb-3.8.13-tinycore.tcz: OK
Downloading: libv4l.tcz
Connecting to repo.tinycorelinux.net (89.22.99.37:80)
libv4l.tcz           100% |*************************************************************************************************************************|   404k  0:00:00 ETA
libv4l.tcz: OK
Downloading: Xorg-7.6-lib.tcz
Connecting to repo.tinycorelinux.net (89.22.99.37:80)
wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
md5sum: Xorg-7.6-lib.tcz.md5.txt: No such file or directory
Error on Xorg-7.6-lib.tcz

Extension skype2-static.tcz now installed to /mnt/sdb4/x86/optional
NOTICE: Installer getskype.tcz will be removed at the next reboot
Press any key to exit...



[coreplayer2]

current status

getskype > select 2.2.0.0.35 (static)

change dep file to load:

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fontconfig.tcz
glib2.tcz
libasound.tcz
libv4l.tcz
xdg-utils.tcz
Xorg-7.7-lib.tcz

qt-4.x-base.tcz is not required with skype2.2-static

Skype now runs but I'm having multiple pulse audio errors, which is odd considering pulse audio is not installed.. (note: turns out pulse audio is installed though not configured or used, will remove it asap)

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impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.
W: [pulseaudio] caps.c: Normally all extra capabilities would be dropped now, but that's impossible because this Pulseaudio was built without libcap support.


[coreplayer2]

Ok finally got Skype to perform on tc5.3 (x86 only) at least as far a text messaging, will try speech soon


getskype > select 2.2.0.0.35 (static)

change dep file to load:

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fontconfig.tcz
glib2.tcz
libasound.tcz
libv4l.tcz
xdg-utils.tcz
Xorg-7.7-lib.tcz

By default, getskype.tcz creates skype and installs "OnDemand" for some reason