latest skype not working on ubuntu 11.10

[skuser]

This one resolve for me. I hope it will help some of you too.

$ sudo apt-get install skype:i386

[MrUbiquitous]

Worked for me too. Thanks!!! 

[Jaxxed_ca]

The solution is to install all 32 bit versions of libxss, qt-core? and libdbus? Why does my 64 bit skype need 32 bit libraries? Why should I install and extra 30-50megs or libraries (in their 32bit version) just to get skype to work? why won't Skype just use my existing 64 bit libraries?

[flyingstar16]

Remember that, in order to have apt-get working with the :i386 suffix (i.e. apt-get install skype:i386) you MUST add

foreign-architecture i386

in your /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/multiarch file

Source: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/+bug/830440/comments/4

[ELMIT]

start of skype returns:

skype: symbol lookup error: skype: undefined symbol: _ZN5QFile3mapExxNS_14MemoryMapFlagsE

$ sudo apt-get install skype:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package skype:i386


I use AMD64

How do I get Skype back? It worked fine till 11.04

[erafael]

Same problem here.

Skype will not launch on Ubuntu 11.10 64bit

[bigpete]

I am having the same problem, made a new thread for this under 'Ubuntu 11.10 + Skype = symbol lookup error'

[finndo]

LUbuntu 11.10 x64 - Skype launched and was running fine (clean install completed today, nothing else installed so far, except gcc, make, subversion, and my AMD graphics drivers).  I was testing my video and it failed to work, I tried editing the video source and it crashed.

I created the following script to launch skype:

#! /bin/bash
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l2convert.so /usr/bin/skype

please note I used lib32 and "v4l2" which differs from most of the methods mentioned online, Skype launched again and I tested the video, it was working! then I tried to start a vid call to my father and Skype crashed.  I have renamed and deleted (many times) .Skype/shared.lck and .Skype/shared.xml.  IF I delete or rename those files, Skype will launch, I can log in, the startup sound works, then crash 4 seconds later.  IF I do not rename or delete those files, skype will not even launch (actually the .xml file makes the difference, there is no change if I do the .lck or not).


I have created a .Skype/Logs folder and it has placed logs in there, but I have no idea what to do with them.  Skype crashes with an "Abort" then a random 4 digit.

ok, weird stuff going on here... I just restarted the app and it seems to be working fine. I've made 3 video calls and no problems yet....

[erafael]

I will try reinstalling Ubuntu once I have some free time. Will see if it solves the problem.

[sportsgeist]

I was finally successful installing Skype 2.2 beta by following the first solution (sudo apt-get install libxss1:i386, sudo apt-get install libqt4-core:i386....)

In addition to the steps mentioned above, I had to install Synaptic, did a search for "Skype", went to the edit menu and selected "fix broken packages". After hitting "apply" Skype was finally working.