From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 11 17:56:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E2FB1065676 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:56:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 193478FC22 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:56:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=nbWoJD01ruQLYOYE44JZbYtzz81AmFDL3LnuPvZDHs8= c=1 sm=0 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=wTwVZmRG0EeNCYhkxzeBEQ==:17 a=vAkGFbN3AAAA:8 a=FVQJ-OyYFQG-roEleLUA:9 a=5pR9R3ONraUjcCXSoNfeXoALzhwA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=wTwVZmRG0EeNCYhkxzeBEQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 67.49.189.17 Received: from [67.49.189.17] ([67.49.189.17:47146] helo=localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com) by hrndva-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id B9/80-01723-854E26C4; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:56:41 +0000 Received: from holstein.holy.cow (parv [127.0.0.2]) by localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8349C5C2B; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:00:30 -1000 (HST) Received: (from parv@localhost) by holstein.holy.cow (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o7BI0Tcd005596; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:00:29 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) X-Authentication-Warning: holstein.holy.cow: parv set sender to parv@pair.com using -f Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:00:28 -1000 From: parv@pair.com To: Alex Huth Message-ID: <20100811180028.GA1822@holstein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Alex Huth , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100811124006.GA2284@borusse.ewmr.base> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100811124006.GA2284@borusse.ewmr.base> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:56:42 -0000 in message <20100811124006.GA2284@borusse.ewmr.base>, wrote Alex Huth thusly... > > Is anyone using skype on freebsd 8 and can tell me how to do the > setup? Seem to be that there is no port and on the website i find > no package for freebsd. Well, version 1.x does not work at all as in I was not able to log in after generating an account via web. Version 2.x as it existed in ports not too long ago was broken due to missing source file (not as in raw code but as in binaries). Then I searched for a possible solution that led me to download ... http://kobyla.info/soft/distfiles/skype_static-2.0.0.72-oss.tar.bz2 ... in /misc/ports/distfiles; edit net/skype/Makefile to set proper PORTVERSION; & generate net/skpe/distinfo which led to successful install & use of skype as in I could log in with the same password & userid generated earlier & place a call or two. - parv --