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Old 05-27-2014, 05:15 PM   #1
moisespedro
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Is there a way to run Skype without multilib?

I think it is the only reason I use multilib. Is there a way to run Skype without it?
 
Old 05-27-2014, 05:18 PM   #2
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Native? - No. With a trick? - Yes:

http://www.z01.eu/repo-slack/slackwa.../4.1.0.20/src/

That SlackBuild takes the 32bit libraries and bundles them into the skype package.
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Old 05-27-2014, 05:29 PM   #3
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Native? - No. With a trick? - Yes:

http://www.z01.eu/repo-slack/slackwa.../4.1.0.20/src/

That SlackBuild takes the 32bit libraries and bundles them into the skype package.
Edited it a bit and it worked flawlessly

SLACK=14.1
VERSION=4.2.0.13

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