Skype in debian

[Kingfisher]

Hi
I want to install skype on debian 5 but I can not install it. I want to install it correctly. Is it possible to have the source to put in my source list and details of the steps to install skype. Thank you in advance for your help.

[JonathanD]

Hi
Skype is available for debian from there official site. This should not be a problem for you. By cons I do not think there are reposits to add to / etc / apt / sources.list. I think you just download the file and issue the following command in the terminal as a root user.

dpkg-i filename.deb

hope this will help you. Any more problem feel free to post.

[Kingfisher]

Hi
When I did what you told me, it tells me that the file has a dependency. So this is what the terminal displayed.

debian: / home / user # dpkg-i skype-debian_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 75828 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace skype 2.0.0.72-1 (using skype-debian_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking the update of skype ...
* dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype *:
skype depends on libqt4-core (> = 4.2.1) * however *:
Package libqt4-core is not installed.
skype depends on libqt4-gui (> = 4.2.1) * however *:
Package libqt4-gui is not installed.
* dpkg: error processing skype (- install) *:
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing *:
skype

Any advice on this, how to sort this problem.

[JonathanD]

Hi
1) Do not forget the CODE tags in your posts
2) Install dependencies required by the system using apt-get
Issue this following command in the terminal as a root user.

apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-gui

Try this skype will be installed on your computer.

[chroma]

Hi
For the sources.list and suitability. We add a line in / etc / apt / sources.list:

deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free

And then you have to issue the following command in your terminal as a root user

> Apt-get update
> Apt-get install skype

Any more problem do post back.

[JonathanD]

Hey
I never knew that there were deposits for debian skype.
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
Thank you for the information.