hello
i am trying to install skype on LMDE 64 bit and it needs to enable multi-arch
what would be the best way of installing it?
before i get into a dependency hell.
thanks,
skype - howto install on LMDE 64bit
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skype - howto install on LMDE 64bit
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Re: skype - howto install on LMDE 64bit
...and then if you're installing skype 4.1 and having problems, a few of us have dealt with this over here >> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... .1#p648955zerozero wrote:this way >> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 60#p654829
Re: skype - howto install on LMDE 64bit
So... I have to add "[arch=amd64,i386]" on every line manually after performing "dpkg --add-architecture i386", right?zerozero wrote:this way >> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 60#p654829
But what will happen if I'd like to choose a different mirror (or the mint-debian-mirrors package gets updated)? Will mint-choose-debian-mirror keep that "arch" string or remove it?
Re: skype - howto install on LMDE 64bit
no, thisMonsta wrote:So... I have to add "[arch=amd64,i386]" on every line manually after performing "dpkg --add-architecture i386", right?
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sudo sed -i 's/deb\ /deb\ [arch=amd64,i386]\ /g' /etc/apt/sources.list
the latest versions will honor multiarchMonsta wrote:Will mint-choose-debian-mirror keep that "arch" string or remove it?
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zerozero@wine ~ $ inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import incoming backport romeo
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/linuxmint/debian/incoming testing main contrib non-free
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/linuxmint/debian/incoming/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr/linuxmint/debian/incoming/multimedia testing main non-free
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zerozero@wine ~ $ apt update
[sudo] password for zerozero:
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian InRelease
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg [197 B]
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release [15.6 kB]
Get:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages [19.8 kB]
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing InRelease
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates InRelease
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing InRelease
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Get:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream amd64 Packages [5,387 B]
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/contrib Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/main Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/non-free Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import amd64 Packages [63.2 kB]
Ign http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/contrib Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/non-free Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/updates/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/main Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/non-free Translation-en_GB
Ign http://mirror.rts-informatique.fr testing/non-free Translation-en
Get:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/incoming amd64 Packages [20 B]
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/backport amd64 Packages [20 B]
Get:8 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/romeo amd64 Packages [20 B]
Get:9 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main i386 Packages [19.8 kB]
Get:10 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream i386 Packages [5,383 B]
Get:11 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import i386 Packages [62.8 kB]
Get:12 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/incoming i386 Packages [20 B]
Get:13 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/backport i386 Packages [20 B]
Get:14 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/romeo i386 Packages [20 B]
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Re: skype - howto install on LMDE 64bit
haha, yeah, I've counted that as the manual work it's not done automatically on upgrade, after all.zerozero wrote:no, thisdoes it for youCode: Select all
sudo sed -i 's/deb\ /deb\ [arch=amd64,i386]\ /g' /etc/apt/sources.list
That's good to hear.zerozero wrote:the latest versions will honor multiarch