Extracting a *.snap package
Posted: 2024-10-31 Filed under: network, ports, system | Tags: ports, skype, squash 1 CommentI still use Skype, however I was stuck at an old version. The reason was that this was the last *.deb package of the program provided by upstream. For the following versions, it is distributed as a *.snap. I really know nothing about these and I thought I was done with Skype. Well, turns out that’s not the case.
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Sound in Skype via apulse
Posted: 2014-12-22 Filed under: desktop, media, network, system | Tags: .desktop, apulse, multilib, pulseaudio, skype, sound 5 CommentsI have been using the 4.3 version of Skype for several months already, with PulseAudio and its compat packages installed. However, I experienced problems with some audio programs. XMMS would crash regularly and Clementine would refuse playing. Read the rest of this entry »
Sound in Skype 4.3
Posted: 2014-08-16 Filed under: desktop, media, network, slackbuilds, system | Tags: 32bit, alsa, compat32, multilib, pulseaudio, skype, slackware, x86_64 2 CommentsSince version 4.3, Skype for Linux requires PulseAudio. It is available from SBo, but since Skype is a 32bit program only, the necessary 32bit compatibility packages should be installed as well. I am running Slackware64 14.1 -multilib system and I have a virtual machine with Slackware 32. Read the rest of this entry »
Skype on pure Slackware64
Posted: 2013-12-24 Filed under: desktop, network, slackbuilds, system | Tags: custom location, multilib, skype, x86_64 12 CommentsIf the only 32bit program you need is Skype, you probably do not want to “contaminate” your 64bit Slackware with a compat32 layer and replace your stock gcc-* and glibc-* just for it. Well, there’s a solution to this. Read the rest of this entry »
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