64bit skype install problem in 11.4

I have tried installing the 32 bit packages for 64 bit 11.4 as described here:
SDB:Skype - openSUSE

however this is what terminal is telling me:

Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Package ‘libpng12-0-32bit’ not found.
Package ‘libqt4-32bit’ not found.
Package ‘libqt4-x11-32bit’ not found.
Package ‘xorg-x11-libXv-32bit’ not found.
Resolving package dependencies…

Nothing to do.

I’ve got all the standard repos subscribed to oss, non-oss, packman etc
what i am i doing wrong?

thanks
Phil

On 01/13/2012 09:56 PM, philipgardner wrote:
> Loading repository data…
> Reading installed packages…
> Package ‘libpng12-0-32bit’ not found.
> Package ‘libqt4-32bit’ not found.
> Package ‘libqt4-x11-32bit’ not found.
> Package ‘xorg-x11-libXv-32bit’ not found.
> Resolving package dependencies…

please, show us the input string and the output string, because if you
have openSUSE 11.4, as you said in your post then it looks like maybe
you picked the wrong set of libs to ask for, it should be:

and, please show us the terminal input/output from


zypper lr -d
cat /etc/SuSE-release

copy/paste the in/output back to this thread using the instructions
here: http://goo.gl/i3wnr


DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

On 01/13/2012 10:56 PM, DenverD wrote:
> maybe you picked the wrong set of libs to ask for, it should be:

sorry, i forgot to put in:

libasound2-32bit
xorg-x11-libXv-32bit
xorg-x11-libs-32bit
libqt4-x11-32bit
libpng12-0-32bit


DD
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

Input/Output:

philip@linux-yzd2:~> zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                            | Name                             | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                               | Service
---+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | Banshee                          | Banshee                          | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Banshee/11.4/                           |        
 2 | Education                        | Education                        | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.4/                |        
 3 | Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | Updates for openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/                                         |        
 4 | devel:languages:perl             | devel:languages:perl             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/perl/openSUSE_11.4/   |        
 5 | devel:languages:python           | devel:languages:python           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE_11.4/ |        
 6 | mozilla                          | mozilla                          | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.4/                  |        
 7 | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0             | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0             | Yes     | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-LITE-ON_DVDRW_SHM-165P6S,/dev/sr0              |        
 8 | opensuse-guide.org-repo          | libdvdcss repository             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.4/                                              |        
 9 | packman.inode.at-suse            | Packman Repository               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.4/                                       |        
10 | repo-debug                       | openSUSE-11.4-Debug              | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/                    |        
11 | repo-debug-update                | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/11.4/                                   |        
12 | repo-non-oss                     | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss            | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/                      |        
13 | repo-oss                         | openSUSE-11.4-Oss                | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/                          |        
14 | repo-source                      | openSUSE-11.4-Source             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/                   |        

I enabled & refreshed all repos that i had just in case, i wouldn’t normally have Banshee,Education,Mozilla,pearl or python in here.

Input/Output:

philip@linux-yzd2:~> su -c 'zypper install libasound2-32bit xorg-x11-libXv-32bit xorg-x11-libs-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libpng12-0-32bit'

Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Package 'libasound2-32bit' not found.
Package 'libpng12-0-32bit' not found.
Package 'libqt4-x11-32bit' not found.
Package 'xorg-x11-libXv-32bit' not found.
Package 'xorg-x11-libs-32bit' not found.
Resolving package dependencies...

Nothing to do.

Thanks Phil

Bizarre, those packages should be in the OSS repo. This is on 12.1 but I don’t think it has changed since 11.4. Sorry, no ideas.

$ zypper info libpng12-0-32bit
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...


Information for package libpng12-0-32bit:

Repository: openSUSE-12.1-Oss
Name: libpng12-0-32bit
Version: 1.2.46-9.1.2
Arch: x86_64
Vendor: openSUSE
Installed: Yes
Status: up-to-date
Installed Size: 170.0 KiB
Summary: Library for the Portable Network Graphics Format (PNG)
Description: 
libpng is the official reference library for the Portable Network
Graphics format (PNG).

Strange,
i found the packages manually in:
Index of /distribution/11.4/repo/oss/suse/x86_64

and downloaded manually, and they installed okay,
i then followed rest of the guide: SDB:Skype - openSUSE

and it works…
if anyone has any advice regarding the way i set up my repo’s and why it couldn’t find these packages through zypper? i’d be grateful.
Anyway we can skype mac friends now so my upgrade from 11.3 to 11.4 looks complete…

Thanks
Phil

On 01/14/2012 07:56 AM, philipgardner wrote:
> if anyone has any advice regarding the way i set up my repo’s and why
> it couldn’t find these packages through zypper?

only thing i could hypothesize would be that your system (through
MirrorBrain <http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mirrors>) was connected to
a mirror which was having problems with the oss repo at the exact point
in time you were trying to fetch…

and, the transient problem was so new that it had not been detected and
therefore that mirror had not yet been marked unavailable…


DD http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

Interesting
The mirror was warwick, uk. is this something i should contact someone about?
It’s failed to find these packages for about a week, whenever i have tried.
Phil

On 01/14/2012 02:06 PM, philipgardner wrote:
> The mirror was warwick

how would you know that?

mirrorBrain might have hooked you to Timbuktu or Arizona…


DD
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!

Yeah your right…!
i thought i saw warwick in terminal, but obviously not, i tried again in terminal…no mention of which mirror…apologies to the fine citizens of warwick, as well as you DenverD (in case you don’t live in warwick)

I also could not get Skype to work in 11.4 64bit until I tried the following and got the necessary 32 bit pieces. Then Skype worked perfectly.

su -c ‘zypper install libasound2-32bit xorg-x11-libXv-32bit
xorg-x11-libs-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libpng12-0-32bit’

Hope this works for you.

socref

I used the Ubuntu 64 bit version from the Skype website. Converted with alien and it’s been working well ever since.