How to install Skype in Debian amd64
- Check if your system has i386 arch support enabled
$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
i386
- If you don't have i386 support enable it with the following commands:
# dpkg --add-architecture i386
# apt-get update
- Then install the skype's dependencies with the following command:
# apt-get install libqtgui4:i386 \
libqtwebkit4:i386 \
libqt4-network:i386 \
libqtcore4:i386 \
libxss1:i386 \
lib32stdc++6 \
libxv1:i386 \
libasound2:i386 \
libqt4-dbus:i386 \
libssl1.0.0:i386 \
libasound2-plugins:i386 \
libqt4-xml \
libqtcore4 \
libqtdbus4 \
qdbus
- And then you are ready to install skype
# dpkg -i skype-debian_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb