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| author | Martin Lefebvre <dadexter@gmail.com> | 2010-05-11 19:46:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Erik Hanson <erik@slackbuilds.org> | 2010-05-11 19:46:01 +0200 |
| commit | 48885c66fa662074ea79c115dd57b367657145fc (patch) | |
| tree | bb5cfe0d948a40b370c19469f040d0ae2aa95c7f /network/skype/README | |
| parent | 315815c65a03bc3d4357be7d521462418bda4d7a (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-48885c66fa662074ea79c115dd57b367657145fc.tar.gz | |
network/skype: Updated for version 1.4.0.118
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diff --git a/network/skype/README b/network/skype/README index a7bcb3115a..750832cb9a 100644 --- a/network/skype/README +++ b/network/skype/README @@ -6,10 +6,20 @@ running any of the supported platforms, as well as receiving and placing calls from and to normal land lines as well as mobile phones. -Skype needs QT, so you'll have that installed (QT is part of -the slackware distribution) +This SlackBuild allows to build both 1.3 and 1.4 versions of +Skype. -Please note that the mirror from which we download skype is not -skype.com. This is due to the fact that skype has removed any -and all support to skype-1.3.x in lieu of skype-1.4.x which is -QT4 based.
\ No newline at end of file +Skype 1.3 needs QT3, so you'll have that installed (QT3 is +part of the slackware distribution). +Skype 1.4 needs libsigcxx (libsigc++), available on both +SlackBuilds.org and linuxpackages.net). + +Since Skype 1.4 is QT4-based, to keep dependencies at a +minimum the linked file is a static build, and is twice as +large as the 1.3 version, which is instead a dinamically +built QT3-based package. +The Skype 1.3 mirror is +http://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/pardusrepo/sources/skype-1.3.0.53-generic.tar.bz2 +md5sum: e288e398e4a34a5760ff6321b253ed08 + +Both versions work fine with Slamd64.
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