= skype =
Skype is a proprietary voice-over-IP service and software application.

== Install on Debian Wheezy 32 bit ==
 * su
 * wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb
 * dpkg -i skype-install.deb
 * apt-get -f install

== Install on Slackware 14.0 32 bit ==
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/network/skype/

The slackbuild for 14.1 may be used in 14.0 .

 * cd ~/Downloads
 * wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-4.3.0.37.tar.bz2
 * wget http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/14.1/network/skype.tar.gz
 * cp skype.tar.gz /tmp
 * cd /tmp
 * tar xvzf skype.tar.gz
 * cd skype
 * cp ~/Downloads/skype-4.3.0.37.tar.bz2 .
 * su
 * ./skype.SlackBuild 
 * installpkg  /tmp/skype-4.3.0.37-i486-1_SBo.tgz 
 * vim /etc/ld.so.conf # comment ref to google earth
 * ldconfig

Slackbuild 32 bit: [[attachment:skype-4.2.0.11-i486-1_SBo.tgz]]

== ghetto-skype ==
 * wget https://github.com/stanfieldr/ghetto-skype/releases/download/v1.5.0/ghetto-skype_1.5.0_i386.deb
 * deb2tgz ghetto-skype_1.5.0_i386.deb 
 * su
 * installpkg ghetto-skype_1.5.0_i386.txz
 * cd "/opt/Ghetto Skype" 
 * ./ghetto-skype