Installing Skype on Debian Wheezy [amd64]

08
2014-07
  • kK-Storm

    Yes, yet another question about how to install Skype on Debian Wheezy (7.4) amd64. Seen countless similar articles and forum threads on how to do it, but it doesn't for me :(

    Here is what I do:

    dpkg --add-architecture i386
apt-get update
wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb
dpkg -i skype-install.deb

    installs only partially:

    dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype:
 skype depends on libasound2 (>= 1.0.16).
 skype depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~).
 skype depends on libc6 (>= 2.7).
 skype depends on libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1).
 skype depends on libqt4-dbus (>= 4:4.5.3).
 skype depends on libqt4-network (>= 4:4.8.0).
 skype depends on libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3).
 skype depends on libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1).
 skype depends on libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.8.0).
 skype depends on libqtwebkit4 (>= 2.1.0~2011week13).
 skype depends on libstdc++6 (>= 4.6).
 skype depends on libx11-6.
 skype depends on libxext6.
 skype depends on libxss1.
 skype depends on libxv1.
 skype depends on libssl1.0.0.
 skype depends on libasound2-plugins.

dpkg: error processing skype (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 skype

    Try to fix this with apt-get -f install:

    The following packages will be REMOVED:
  skype:i386
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 27 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.

    I tried different repos, using aptitude -f install and so on. Nothing helps. Any ideas, please? Those were quite a wasted few hours...

    • Answers
  • kK-Storm

    After I ran out of options - resolving dependencies problem with trying to install all the necessary :i386 packets turned out not to be an option - eventually apt-get suggest to remove 1104 packages and install new 20 :D - I found this particular line from https://wiki.debian.org/skype:

    Not able to install libqtwebkit4:i386

    If apt-get is not able to install libqtwebkit4:i386 as dependency, try with aptitude (If you know what are you doing)

    As you probably want the version skype-debian_2.2.0.35-1_amd64.deb ( as newer versions have problems associated with pulseaudio )

    So I went for a blind wget -O skype.deb http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-debian_2.2.0.35-1_amd64.deb && dpkg -i skype.deb and skype was installed without any dependencies problems! 2.2 is kinda old, but at least it works.


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W: Couldn't stat source package list http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/volatile.debian.org_debian-volatile_dists_etch_volatile_non-free_binary-amd64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

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    You are running Etch which is not one but two versions out of date. Etch has been removed from all the official mirrors. Additionally backports.org has moved to backports.debian.org and volatile has been discontinued.

    If you want a recent version of mercurial without having to compile it yourself, I suggest you upgrade from etch to lenny, and then from lenny to squeeze.

    Also from what you posted I noticed this "Depends: mercurial-common (= 1.7.5-1)" and that is the version from unstable. What kind of franken-system are you running with both etch and sid mixed?

  • caliban

    If you are getting these messages while doing an 'apt-get update' then it means apt is not able to connect or pull from some of the repos in your sources.list.

    This could be caused by many things, but the most likely reason is that the repos are under maintenance and are temporarily unavailable.

    Might want to try later?