Conceptor..

It worked.. I have downloaded the static library, compiled the skype file ...

BUT :( it only launches skype with the run command ./skype within the created directory, an icon added itself on the Gnome menu Applications->Internet->Skype but it cannot be launched,,

I did point the icon to the file at /usr/bin/skype (which I have known from the "which" command) but it does not work. To make things clear for you it does not even run from the terminal when I type "skype" it gives the following error, which means that the /ur/bin/skype is not the excutable file I think..

skype: error while loading shared libraries: libqt-mt.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Help ???? // Thanks

ldconfig -v

Then try again

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Hi Pronco..

I did install the libq3-mt library. I did skype install by untaring skype-1.2.0.18.tar.bz2 as recommended by Conceptor except this time the dynamic library and running library skype-1.2.0.18.tar.bz2 not the static skype_staticQT-1.2.0.18.tar.bz2 one. (I don't thnk it makes a difference). Well, I got the same result, skype is launched ONLY when executing the executable file within the created directory by ./skype. No icons are created, no excutable file /usr/bin/skype either ?? REALLY STRANGE..

Why I do not have this path any more /usr/bin/skype ?? Why "which skype" command leads to nothing?? It did before..

and still I did ldconfig -v, same thing..

Yes, I am using Debian, I am using Ubuntu Breezy,

Help?? Thanks a lot my friend :)

check this link it's soo easy i don't know why u want to keep ur self looking around ur self they said it's a bug in there deb file.

peace

Live Free Or Die...

Bingo.. At last DarKness Wolf,,.. I really apologize for not following your steps last time. Yes I understand it now, it is easy, the forum in the link just corrects the error by simply editing the dependency file (control) by ORing the new library to the rare one. Good way out.. Afterwards I just created an icon on the menu and linked it to the executable path /usr/bin/skype as Conceptor suggested and BANG works ..

Thanks my friend

Thanks Conceptor as well for helping me..

Take care.. :)

I think thins quite normal ,you didn't remove the old installed version which needs the library .remove the old package then

 ln -s 'your skype executable'  /usr/bin/skype

then try skype from anywhere it will work.

Diaa Radwan

Conceptor, Pronco

Thanks for the reply I actually did remove the old one completely. I even commented out the sources.list and did apt-get update to remove it completey from Synaptic. Also, I did a search and deleted all old skype files (dunno if this is OK :( ). When I ran the procedure again, ./skype, it executed but Skype looked ugly, it lacked the whole contact list despite the toolbar and menus working. But, the real weird thing is it did not locate an executable file at /usr/bin/skype this time, "which skype" leads to nothing (I don't know why) as well as no icon creation so I couldn't link it by ln -s. Pronco, I did ldconfig -v. No difference :(

Am I missing something guys ???

Thanks

Yousry

What happens if you 'locate libqt-mt.so.3' ?

try apt-get install libqt3-mt

then reinstall skype as you did so it built the gnome icon

it was looking for a lib that wasn't there, by the look of it?

if you install libqt3-mt then try again it may help according to apt-cache, the library that it can't find is in that package

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