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From: allan gottlieb <gottlieb@nyu.edu>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Help installing skype
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:17:40 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878u29ual7.fsf@nyu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56CE010D.7080106@ramses-pyramidenbau.de> (Ralf's message of "Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:14:21 +0100")

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


  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-24 20:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-24 18:36 [gentoo-user] Help installing skype allan gottlieb
2016-02-24 19:07 ` Anton Shumskyi
2016-02-24 19:14 ` Ralf
2016-02-24 20:17   ` allan gottlieb [this message]
2016-02-24 20:30     ` Alan McKinnon
2016-02-25  0:05       ` Rich Freeman
2016-02-25  1:05       ` allan gottlieb
2016-02-25  5:09         ` David Haller
2016-02-25 15:15           ` allan gottlieb
2016-02-25 11:23         ` Alan McKinnon
2016-02-26 23:07           ` Mick

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