[nmglug] skype debian

[Ted Pomeroy]

A., Well, no. i_86 is 32 bit. I had a friend with a 32 bit laptop and she
needed to scrounge up a newer 64 bit laptop. So you need an install of any
Debian or Ubuntu, etc. edition that is current and 64 bit. A "Core2Duo"
processor will work and newer, and several other chips of various names.
The output of 'uname -a' should read somthing like: "4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP
Debian 4.9.130-2 (2018-10-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux". This is my machine running
Debian on a 4.9.0-8-amd64 kernel, ie., 64 bit and compatible for the .deb
from the Skype website. there is also the issue of allowing the Skype
repository to update on your system. I don't have it installed on my
machine, but my friend has a 64 bit edition of Ubuntu and she got Skype
going.
Good luck. Thank you, Ted P.

On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 5:18 PM Brian O'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:

> You have no hardware issues Anthony and can easily install Skype. It
> doesn't matter desktop or laptop so don't concern yourself with that at
> all. You will have to register a microsoft account and password for it
> since Micro owns Skype.
>
> Run the command in a terminal as the output you got stated.  "sudo dpkg
> --add-architecture i386"  then run   "sudo apt-get update" (no ""s in the
> command though).
>
> Go to the download page and download the .deb, 64 bit. Install with gdebi
> (which should pop up by itself). Then you'll have to go through the
> registration.
>
> This is not difficult so just dive in.
>
>
> On 2/2/19 2:49 PM, a wrote:
>
> Please help clarify, i386 can be 32/64 bit? when using 64 bit need 4G ram.
> Is the ram on my computer 3.9G? the download I am using isfor desktops my
> computer laptop since there does not seem to be one for laptops? . Does
> this additional info bring any solutions to mind, Thanks, Anthony K
>
>               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache
> available
> Mem:           3.9G        1.8G        790M        346M        1.2G
> 1.4G
> Swap:          4.0G        2.4M        4.0G
> a at alap:~$
>
> On 2/2/19 11:02 AM, Brian O'Keefe wrote:
>
> I downloaded the 64 bit version a while back. It appears that Microsquish
> only offers a 64 bit version on their download page. They offer .deb and
> .rpm versions. You don't want the .rpm version. So there is no 32 bit
> version available.
>
> Brian
> On 2/2/19 9:25 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
>
> A., Is there a 64 bit Skype download instead of 32? I have not looked in
> some time. You may have the wrong .deb package. You can add the 32-bit
> architecture as noted if there isn't a 64-bit .deb from Skype.  Just a
> thought, Ted P.
>
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 1:48 PM a <a at kaluta.us> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> HOW TO CORRECT,ANYONE?
>>
>> TNX. ANTHONY
>>
>> Wrong architecture 'i386' -- Run dpkg --add-architecture to add it and
>> update afterwards
>>
>>
>>
>> a at alap:~$ sudo  gdebi skype-install.deb
>> [sudo] password for a:
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> This package is uninstallable
>> Wrong architecture 'i386' -- Run dpkg --add-architecture to add it and
>> update afterwards
>>
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