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Don’t Believe the Skype
February 15th, 2008 by Avram Piltch 
The CloudBook doesn’t come with Skype, but considering that Skype makes a Linux version, I had high hopes that I’d be able to download it and start making calls. I went to the Skype Linux Download page and clicked on the Ubuntu version, because gOS is pretty-much Ubuntu Linux (in fact, you see the Ubuntu logo and the word Ubuntu all over the place in gOS).
Strangely, the file that downloads on Skype is called skype-debian_1.4.0.118-1_i386.deb which implies that it is, in fact, the Debian Linux version of Skype you’re getting. However, Joanna Stern spoke to her friends at Skype, who assured as that this is indeed an Ubuntu version of their software.
So what happened when I tried to install it? I got an error message.
Anyone know what “Cannot Install ‘libqt4-gui’” means? I have to wonder whether this is a problem with the Skype install or a problem with gOS.
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February 16th, 2008 at 12:10 am
There is two versions on the skype download page. I would think you would need the fiesty fawn one.
February 16th, 2008 at 12:10 am
Try this:
sudo apt-get install libqt4-GUI libqt4-Core
from here:
http://www.danielesalamina.it/en/installare-skype-su-ubuntu-gutsy-tramite-apt-o-synaptic/
Then try installing Skype.
Hope it works. Does the Cloudbook have a 1.3MP camera or a .3 MP camera. Could you take a picture and check. Don’t read the manual and tell me because Everex seems to be confused in their manual and their press release state two different resolutions.
Also does the Cloudbook have a mic near the camera?
Could you make more YouTube videos of the Cloudbook running gOS? Showing YouTube playing? Show its speed in opening applications? I think a lot of people would like a more visual review than the traditional written review.
Thanks,
JAmerican
February 16th, 2008 at 7:04 am
What the error message means is two things …
Your running Gnome not KDE;
The dependency information in the Skype package wasn’t executed (you have to be root) or is incorrect.
The Skype application itself must be installing for your user-name only (which is just fine) but system
libraries need to be installed by the root user.
The directions given by JAmerican should get you running Skype and most other KDE applications.
February 16th, 2008 at 8:45 am
You could try adding the Medibuntu repositories to your source list and installing Skype using apt-get or the Synaptic Package Manager. That way it should download any necessary files automatically.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
Alternately, you could try installing Skype 2.0 beta instead of Skype 1.4. I’m not sure if that will work better, but it’s worth a shot.
http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/beta/
As for Debian v. Ubuntu, Ubuntu is based on Debian Linux, much like gOS is based on Ubuntu. So while not every single Debian based application is guaranteed to run on Ubuntu, there’s a lot of overlap.
February 16th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
The gOS version 1.0.1 as installed on the gPC, and the gOS 2.0-beta1 that can be downloaded from the http://www.thinkgos.com both had Skype pre-installed, so there is no reason to think it can’t work on this new version of gOS, which is based on GNOME, not on Enlightenment 17, and thus is even more close to a normal Ubuntu.
February 17th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Interesting. I’ve never had this kind of problem. Well, goog luck.
April 13th, 2008 at 9:45 am
i think the problem is what repositories you have choosen to access, just open the synaptic packet manager an edit the repository sources… i just ticked everything and the install worked afterwards