[SOLVED] New To Slackware tedious but FUNNNN how to install skype lulz

rickytikki · 07-24-2014, 04:49 PM

Hello all like i said im new to slackware ive installed SLackware 64 bit on my Vostro laptop specs are icore 5 intel 4 gigs of ram Nvidia Geforce 310m n intel ultimate 5300 wifi card. Before this ive been using ubuntu distros so i understood jumping from ubuntu to slackware that it was going to be an ordeal but what better way to learn then from experience (or breaking and fixing) so here i am.

So like i said ive install Slackware which took me like 2 days to configure and install play around with it. Now ive installed a couple of things like proprietary drivers Adobe flash and Alsa for sound and a couple of other small things. So now im trying to get skype from what i understand skype is a 32 bit program so i need the multilib files to run 32 bit programs as well as 64 bit.
Ive been using sbopkg for the most part and figured how to use the slackbuilds. now im not extremely familiar with the command line but i know how to get around. ive been following slackware wiki on how to get the multilibs. so i have a home file with 14.1 folder and in that folder is the multilibs. but when i try to install skype i get this

Code:

bash-4.2$ cd skype
bash-4.2$ ls
README            doinst.sh                  skype.SlackBuild  slack-desc
README.SLACKWARE  skype-alternative.desktop  skype.info
bash-4.2$ ./skype.SlackBuild
x86_64 is not supported, you will need 32bit compatibility libs...
rm: cannot remove '/tmp/SBo/package-skype': Permission denied
bash-4.2$ su
Password: 
bash-4.2# ./skype.SlackBuild
x86_64 is not supported, you will need 32bit compatibility libs...
tar: /home/best/14.1/skype/skype-4.3.0.37.tar.bz2: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
bash-4.2#

So right now im lost and really have no clue what to do lulz please help me what comes next
here is my multi libs directory and files

Code:

bash-4.2$ cd 14.1
bash-4.2$ ls
CHECKSUMS.md5
CHECKSUMS.md5.asc
CHECKSUMS.md5.gz
CHECKSUMS.md5.gz.asc
FILELIST.TXT
GPG-KEY
MANIFEST.bz2
PACKAGES.TXT
PACKAGES.TXT.gz
_build_gcc-4.8.2_multilib_20131021.log.gz
compat32-tools-3.2-noarch-2alien.lst
compat32-tools-3.2-noarch-2alien.meta
compat32-tools-3.2-noarch-2alien.tgz
compat32-tools-3.2-noarch-2alien.tgz.asc
compat32-tools-3.2-noarch-2alien.tgz.md5
compat32-tools-3.2-noarch-2alien.txt
debug
gcc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.lst
gcc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.meta
gcc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txt
gcc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz
gcc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.asc
gcc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.md5
gcc-g++-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.lst
gcc-g++-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.meta
gcc-g++-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txt
gcc-g++-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz
gcc-g++-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.asc
gcc-g++-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.md5
gcc-gfortran-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.lst
gcc-gfortran-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.meta
gcc-gfortran-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txt
gcc-gfortran-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz
gcc-gfortran-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.asc
gcc-gfortran-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.md5
gcc-gnat-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.lst
gcc-gnat-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.meta
gcc-gnat-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txt
gcc-gnat-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz
gcc-gnat-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.asc
gcc-gnat-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.md5
gcc-go-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.lst
gcc-go-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.meta
gcc-go-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txt
gcc-go-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz
gcc-go-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.asc
gcc-go-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.md5
gcc-java-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.lst
gcc-java-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.meta
gcc-java-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txt
gcc-java-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz
gcc-java-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.asc
gcc-java-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.md5
gcc-objc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.lst
gcc-objc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.meta
gcc-objc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txt
gcc-objc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz
gcc-objc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.asc
gcc-objc-4.8.2_multilib-x86_64-1alien.txz.md5
glibc-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.lst
glibc-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.meta
glibc-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txt
glibc-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz
glibc-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz.asc
glibc-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz.md5
glibc-i18n-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.lst
glibc-i18n-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.meta
glibc-i18n-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txt
glibc-i18n-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz
glibc-i18n-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz.asc
glibc-i18n-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz.md5
glibc-profile-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.lst
glibc-profile-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.meta
glibc-profile-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txt
glibc-profile-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz
glibc-profile-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz.asc
glibc-profile-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz.md5
glibc-solibs-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.lst
glibc-solibs-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.meta
glibc-solibs-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txt
glibc-solibs-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz
glibc-solibs-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz.asc
glibc-solibs-2.17_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz.md5
glibc-zoneinfo-2013d_multilib-noarch-7alien.lst
glibc-zoneinfo-2013d_multilib-noarch-7alien.meta
glibc-zoneinfo-2013d_multilib-noarch-7alien.txt
glibc-zoneinfo-2013d_multilib-noarch-7alien.txz
glibc-zoneinfo-2013d_multilib-noarch-7alien.txz.asc
glibc-zoneinfo-2013d_multilib-noarch-7alien.txz.md5
skype
slackware64-compat32
bash-4.2$

weibullguy · 07-24-2014, 04:58 PM

Simple, just follow the instructions --> http://alien.slackbook.org/dokuwiki/...kware:multilib

rickytikki · 07-24-2014, 05:11 PM

Code:

bash-4.2# upgradepkg --install-new *-compat32/*.t?z

+==============================================================================
| Skipping package aaa_elflibs-compat32-14.1-x86_64-3compat32 (already installed)
+==============================================================================


+==============================================================================
| Skipping package attr-compat32-2.4.46-x86_64-1compat32 (already installed)
+==============================================================================


+==============================================================================
| Skipping package bzip2-compat32-1.0.6-x86_64-1compat32 (already installed)
+==============================================================================


+==============================================================================
| Skipping package cups-compat32-1.5.4-x86_64-3compat32 (already installed)
+==============================================================================



bash-4.2#

its already installed so how do i get skype

rickytikki · 07-24-2014, 05:18 PM

what am i doing wrong??

weibullguy · 07-24-2014, 05:44 PM

There are several more steps to enabling 32-bit support in Slackware64. Since you're not providing much information regarding every step you've taken, it's difficult to determine exactly what you're doing wrong.

rickytikki · 07-24-2014, 06:17 PM

k what i have done is followed that exact same wiki Adding Multilib Capability to Slackware on x86_64 Architecture. all the way to the end so i know the library is installed my problem is installing skype how do i enable the lib for skype ive got from slackbuild. i have tried to put the skype in the same directory and the 32multi lib and im still getting that error. im having trouble i believe in compiling and executing the software to work. do i put the skype file in the slackware64-compat32 then run it? using ./skype.slackbuild what do i do with the doins.sh file? sorry for the noob questions i just want to get it right. Also for commands should i right down and keep a list of commands because in ubuntu syntax is not that much really diff but this bash syntax is really hard for me to understand at times. really what i would like to do is run skype.

Drakeo · 07-24-2014, 06:19 PM

well I would not worry about it skype 4.3 requires much more than the maintainer tells you skype voice will not work unless you install pulseaudia and all the optional dependencies and pavucontrol and all of it's dependencies. Skype drops support for ALSA
here is a copy of the old tar ball and the old link to 4.2.0.13 is still good link to old sbo-tarball
or link to to the 4.2.0.13 I went to google talk and now it's free calls in the usa.

Yes Ponce knows about this and yes the maintainer knows about this. I contacted the maintainer to edit his readme but have not seen it.
no you do not convert the package. you install it as is.

rickytikki · 07-24-2014, 06:22 PM

also can u please be more specific on what info u need me to provide to help u help me? i understood using slackware no one was really gonna hold my hand like ubuntu n such but im determined to get this anyway i can.

rickytikki · 07-24-2014, 06:24 PM

thank you so much drakeo trying it right now