unable to install Skype in Ubuntu 8.04.01

Hi everyone,

i just installed ubuntu 8.04.01 in my One and i'm just delighted.
However, i ran into problems trying to install Skype.
Seems like there are dependencies (libqt4-core and libqt4-gui) unable to be installed.

Did somebody succeed installing Skype in ubuntu?

thx in advance

 

Did you add the medibuntu (http://www.medibuntu.org) repositories?

 

Hi, thx for the reply.
yes, i did. Here's a copy of my terminal commands:

Code:

$ sudo apt-get install 
skypeReading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  skype: Depends: libqt4-core (>= 4.3.4) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: libqt4-gui (>= 4.3.4) but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

thanks again

 

Try

Code:

sudo apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-gui

 

Yeah strange the dependencies are missing, but last post should fix that.
BTW a nice resource for Skype under Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype

 

Hi again,

@axcairns:
I tried this:

Code:

sudo apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-gui

and got this:

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libqt4-core: Depends: libqt4-dbus (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable
               Depends: libqt4-network (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable
               Depends: libqt4-script (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable
               Depends: libqt4-test (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable
               Depends: libqt4-xml (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable
               Depends: libqtcore4 (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable
  libqt4-gui: Depends: libqt4-assistant (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable
              Depends: libqt4-designer (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable
              Depends: libqt4-opengl (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable
              Depends: libqt4-svg (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable
              Depends: libqtgui4 (= 4.4.0-1ubuntu5~hardy1) but it is not installable

Then tried with one of these dependencies, libqt4-dbus, and got this:

Code:

$ sudo apt-get install libqt4-dbus
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Package libqt4-dbus is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package libqt4-dbus has no installation candidate

@dreniac:
Thx for the link. Yes, it's pretty weird. In fact, i have skype running with no problems in another laptop, although it's a 7.10, not a 8.04.
In the link you posted, i read this:

so I searched for ia32-libs in the package manager but it's not there...

Where are all those libraries supposed to be located?
BTW, i have tried both with the medibuntu and skype repositories.

Thanks a lot for your help