A workable way to install skype 4.3 in puppy

[jamesbond]

If you still have some credit money on skype account ...

Ah, yes, I forgot we can do that.

... then you can spend it with skype web and a webrtc browser: for old puppies you can use the gtk2 firefox 45.9.0esr.

https://web.skype.com/

Glad to know that. Thanks for the enlightenment. I should give that a try.

[peebee]

Another version....
https://repo.skype.com/deb/pool/main/s/skypeforlinux/

skypeforlinux_8.11.76.3_amd64.deb

[snayak]

Dear peebee,

Does this skypeforlinux_8.11.76.3_amd64.deb work on puppy?

I did:

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dpkg -x skypeforlinux_8.11.76.3_amd64.deb skypeforlinux-8.11.76.3
dir2sfs skypeforlinux-8.11.76.3

On my Fatdog 611 it generated skype-8.11.76.3_600.sfs.

On invoke, it says:

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/usr/share/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.18' not found (required by /usr/share/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux)
/usr/share/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.19' not found (required by /usr/share/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux)
/usr/share/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /usr/share/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux)
/usr/share/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.18' not found (required by /usr/share/skypeforlinux/libnode.so)
/usr/share/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /usr/share/skypeforlinux/libnode.so)
/usr/share/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /usr/share/skypeforlinux/libffmpeg.so)

How to know which GLIBC and GLIBCXX I have.
And is it safe to upgrade to the demanded versions?

Sincerely,
Srinivas Nayak

[peebee]

Does this skypeforlinux_8.11.76.3_amd64.deb work on puppy?

Works on xenialpup64-7.0.8.6....
Your Fatdog is too old

[jamesbond]

Does this skypeforlinux_8.11.76.3_amd64.deb work on puppy?

Works on xenialpup64-7.0.8.6....
Your Fatdog is too old

Xenialpup is based Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 LTS. That's only a tad over a year ago.
Fatdog 611 is based on Fatdog 600 which was launched in mid-2012. That is seriously over 5 years ago.

In theory you can get a replacement libc and libstdc++, taking the newer libraries from newer Fatdogs (700 or even 710). But I have never done it myself, and I strongly recommend against it. Doing it is like doing a open-chest heart surgery. You only do it when there is no other choice.

If you can, update to a newer Fatdog (or any other puppies, for that matter).
Otherwise, as watchdog suggested, try gtk2 firefox 45.9.0esr - hopefully it still works.

PS: There is another way, to address exactly the problem you encounter: http://lightofdawn.org/wiki/wiki.cgi/NewAppsOnOldGlibc. But this requires a lot more effort and precision.

[Revolverve]

If you wish to anyway "support" MS/skype ,you dont need to install linux beta alpha (if ever a release you see one day ...),open a free mail account,hotmail,outlook,.live,whatever MS mail service may exist ,there is a ³beta² skype integrated in/aside the mailbox,works better then the last skype4linux or google chrome skype extension I tried.