From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAE951388C0 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:32:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD1B321C020; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wm0-f41.google.com (mail-wm0-f41.google.com [74.125.82.41]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B700A21C006 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:32:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wm0-f41.google.com with SMTP id g62so5390744wme.0 for ; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:32:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ukFbuoFq+beApyV4ZBMT8A2ZxKtd3VxZbZJUISXqLGk=; b=drgzWbOp/ozMfJIO37m+ja53lLYEph+VPK4MeHLxHS2NVFJ+FHmP8yt+vtdHMfjtHb Z3nu4x2poKgXgnnWQNTOgdqrVh8DHGJbUKUIMfgEJdmkJyU3TTEXLwAJhbHJncp6sEOW dt0cEikNLJShUN5MIXC3EQ75zPZKflKj2Nq/QeVdZn7lbC4GAre/6b9lrZgjGs+q1kui yD+HZ43Rb41ol1TE8sXd3yx/ImGCPYhsv4oVrp7WhODuYoNPPtxGt1qg87czybWrOpBQ yEwRFNpmPDmdxAdP+wAAETGJ7Js5tr0773d3vVy0YuOnEZZ00TsK0hXAhBz6eeSmtleL mKUw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ukFbuoFq+beApyV4ZBMT8A2ZxKtd3VxZbZJUISXqLGk=; b=D1BquijGFmp63WwwZjmd/sBCrWRMZ/OlUYzaXkqUqARPAyuAUBeBt0kTdI9qV5PBC5 KVuxMVDU7dJZZPz3F6R6rdBWQwsOpW+BWRdcJ6cJDPYf4os5neNTbJTPge6NF9Fqw5yv uxPCV9gUctNUwBXv/TKsWx7D/L4l95Wq1uORROarGLWeEg9RInATEgOXdYfZ9DK2YS3g mt8w5ubw8VDLI+VsgHCQUIsW0DH3f54qlzhE6EFVPm7kQ4VqygQJym13q+qviO5wgazt YgWinJMcQ2WxJcW8ZbR05QTeNNNxTt0h2Od1hAX0MHGW+dLK/L8ItVanda+nH6o36zj3 jjMw== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOQjLCcj3sJIhNWFvIT+geShCJTduSmGBfAT1BYj4HQCjJekCTPElKHUFGtWYTINTw== X-Received: by 10.28.104.87 with SMTP id d84mr27174949wmc.56.1456345938389; Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:32:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from [172.20.0.40] ([165.255.113.126]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id 198sm5082782wml.22.2016.02.24.12.32.16 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:32:16 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Help installing skype To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <87d1rmt0pf.fsf@nyu.edu> <56CE010D.7080106@ramses-pyramidenbau.de> <878u29ual7.fsf@nyu.edu> From: Alan McKinnon X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <56CE12E6.90301@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:30:30 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.6.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <878u29ual7.fsf@nyu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 545f02fe-8d2c-4847-b3a9-6c02fe2edf17 X-Archives-Hash: db8c8e95e2339b47998ae55c9ac13aa3 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 alan.mckinnon@gmail.com