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The document discusses issues installing Skype on a 64-bit Debian system. After installing Skype, dependencies like libqt4-dbus:i386, libqt4-network:i386, and libqtwebkit4:i386 are not met. Attempts to install these 32-bit dependencies fail and result in broken packages. The poster is unable to resolve the dependency issues. Others suggest downloading the multiarch Debian package from Skype's website or ensuring the sources.list includes 32-bit files, but these do not solve the problem for the poster.

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The document discusses issues installing Skype on a 64-bit Debian system. After installing Skype, dependencies like libqt4-dbus:i386, libqt4-network:i386, and libqtwebkit4:i386 are not met. Attempts to install these 32-bit dependencies fail and result in broken packages. The poster is unable to resolve the dependency issues. Others suggest downloading the multiarch Debian package from Skype's website or ensuring the sources.list includes 32-bit files, but these do not solve the problem for the poster.

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The document discusses issues installing Skype on a 64-bit Debian system. After installing Skype, dependencies like libqt4-dbus:i386, libqt4-network:i386, and libqtwebkit4:i386 are not met. Attempts to install these 32-bit dependencies fail and result in broken packages. The poster is unable to resolve the dependency issues. Others suggest downloading the multiarch Debian package from Skype's website or ensuring the sources.list includes 32-bit files, but these do not solve the problem for the poster.

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Skype install - debian amd64. libdbus issues
I have looked quite thoroughly for an answer to this question to no avail. I am trying to install Skype on Debian amd64 (with Xfce, which
shouldn't make any difference...).
After installing Skype the ''normal'' way
#dpkg --add-architecture i386
#apt-get update
#wget -O skype.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb
#dpkg -i skype.deb
some dependencies cannot be satisfied, so I tried:
#apt-get install -f
to fix the broken packages. But this only seems to remove skype. So, something is seriously wrong. In particular these dependencies:
libqt4-dbus:i386
libqt4-network:i386
libqtwebkit4:i386
are not met.
I am, however, unable to install any of them. I end up having to install , but it will break , which in turn
breaks .
libdbus-1-3:i386 libdbus-1-3
libdbus-1-3:i386
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libdbus-1-3 : Breaks: libdbus-1-3:i386 (!= 1.6.8-1+deb7u1) but 1.6.8-1 is to
be installed
libdbus-1-3:i386 : Breaks: libdbus-1-3 (!= 1.6.8-1) but 1.6.8-1+deb7u1 is to
be installed
skype:i386 : Depends: libqt4-dbus:i386 (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not going to be
installed
Depends: libqt4-network:i386 (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not going to
be installed
Depends: libqtwebkit4:i386 (>= 2.1.0~2011week13) but it is not
going to be installed
There is one word in German for this situation: zwickenmuehle.
An ideas?
/ debian / skype
edited Aug 30 at 13:27 asked Aug 30 at 10:01
Horacio
11 2
Why don't you just fetch the dynamic static package from skype.com? (Which works well) warl0ck Aug 30 at 10:04

@warl0ck when you say "dynamic static package" you mean the tar.gz package available for download? If so, yes, I
have tried that, but the dependencies are still broken, and I still get stuck with same problem. Horacio Aug 30 at
14:25

The common German word for this is "Zwickmhle" ( "Zwickenmhle" seems to be only used in street names, it is not
in the common dictionaries. It could be that it is the name of a special mill and is not related to the as game
Zwickmhle). jofel Aug 30 at 15:28
@jofel thanks!duly noted for next time Horacio Aug 30 at 16:03
@Horacio yes, the tar.gz package warl0ck Aug 31 at 0:36
1 Answer
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I just successfully installed skype on my 64bit Linux Mint Debian (which is a Debian in all ways,
not based on Ubuntu) by going to
to download the "multiarch" debian package (saved as
) and installing it. The exact steps were the same as
yours:
http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux
/downloading/?type=debian32 skype-
debian_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb almost
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update
sudo dpkg -i skype-debian_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb
After which I had a working . This is the "recommended" method according to skype
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12120/getting-started-with-skype-for-linux#2.2
edited Sep 1 at 17:40
Faheem Mitha
5,792 1 11 29
answered Aug 30 at 12:50
terdon
12.3k 1 8 42

Well, the only thing I find in are actually pidgin plugins for skype. And they require skype to work. Am I looking in contrib
the wrong place? Horacio Aug 30 at 13:23

@Horacio no you're not, I just don't know what I'm talking about apparently, my bad. I had working happily, skype
uninstalled it so I can reinstall and show you the steps and now I can't install :). I'll update my answer as soon as I
manage to get it to work. terdon Aug 30 at 13:47
@Horacio see updated answer. terdon Aug 30 at 14:06

thank you very much. But I have followed that exact same procedure you did, and the dependency problems arose
anyway. And it was there where I got stuck. Horacio Aug 30 at 14:18

could it be that I have Debian is not fetching the 32bit files it needs? My sources.list: deb
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib Horacio Aug 30 at 14:21
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