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Package Details: skypeforlinux-bin 8.137.0.425-1

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Git Clone URL:	https://aur.archlinux.org/skypeforlinux-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base:	skypeforlinux-bin
Description:	Skype for Linux
Upstream URL:	https://www.skype.com/
Keywords:	skype
Licenses:	custom
Conflicts:	skype, skypeforlinux
Provides:	skype, skypeforlinux
Submitter:	Hanabishi
Maintainer:	Hanabishi
Last Packager:	Hanabishi
Votes:	332
Popularity:	1.38
First Submitted:	2024-03-04 17:57 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2025-03-04 11:14 (UTC)

Dependencies (11)

alsa-lib
bash (bash-devel-static-git^AUR, bash-devel-git^AUR, busybox-coreutils^AUR, bash-git^AUR)
glibc (glibc-git^AUR, glibc-linux4^AUR, glibc-eac^AUR, glibc-eac-bin^AUR)
gtk3 (gtk3-no_deadkeys_underline^AUR, gtk3-classic-xfce^AUR, gtk3-classic^AUR, gtk3-patched-filechooser-icon-view^AUR)
libsecret
libxss
libxtst
nss (nss-hg^AUR)
squashfs-tools (squashfs-tools-git^AUR) (make)
libappindicator-gtk3 (optional) – system tray icon support
org.freedesktop.secrets (gnome-keyring-git^AUR, pass-secrets-git^AUR, keepassxc-allow-aur-extension-origin^AUR, keepassxc-allow-aur-extension-origin-bin^AUR, bitw-git^AUR, keepassxc-qt6^AUR, pass-secret-service-bin^AUR, pass-secret-service-git^AUR, keepassxc-git^AUR, dssd^AUR, gnome-keyring, keepassxc, kwallet, kwallet5) (optional) – keyring/password support

Required by (1)

skype-secure (requires skypeforlinux)

Sources (2)

Pinned Comments

Hanabishi commented on 2025-02-28 12:11 (UTC)

Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May

Hanabishi commented on 2024-07-31 07:28 (UTC) (edited on 2024-08-20 13:25 (UTC) by Hanabishi)

There is a problem with Skype being stuck on the login screen on first launch. That happens when your org.freedesktop.secrets provider doesn't have a keyring configured, i.e. also first launch.

I don't know if this is a quirk of libsecret or Skype itself, but we can't do pretty much anything about it anyway.

Solutions are simple though:

Despite the login screen being stuck, the login itself is actually successful. So just kill it and run Skype again, it should be fine after that.
Configure your default keyring manually (using seahorse, kwalletmanager etc.) before running Skype.

bulletmark commented on 2020-04-30 10:01 (UTC) (edited on 2022-06-13 00:22 (UTC) by bulletmark)

To get automatic login, install a package that provides org.freedesktop.secrets, e.g. gnome-keyring.

To get a systray icon, install libappindicator-gtk3. On GNOME, then install the appindicator extension.

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eschwartz commented on 2018-08-08 20:48 (UTC)

Have you considered, instead, fixing a longstanding mistake and using the system electron via a simple launcher script running electron /usr/lib/skypeforlinux/ (and installing, from data.tar.xz, the directory ./usr/share/skypeforlinux/resources/app.asar.unpacked/)?

Also, this upstream .deb violates both Debian and Arch packaging guidelines, because it installs arch-dependent binaries to /usr/share instead of /usr/lib -- and also because prebuilt standalone electron garbage belongs in /opt

Just because no one at Microsoft knows how to package doesn't mean you should blindly do everything they do.

mozo commented on 2018-08-08 08:44 (UTC)

Thank you bulletmark. It's great!

An7ar35 commented on 2018-08-08 06:56 (UTC)

@bulletmark Much appreciated, thanks.

bulletmark commented on 2018-08-08 01:19 (UTC)

Guys, I just released 8.27.0.85-2 which is hacked to include it's own private copy of glibc 2.27 until this bug is fixed.

mozo commented on 2018-08-07 18:04 (UTC)

Thank you cimarronline, your solution is working :)

Pryka commented on 2018-08-07 08:49 (UTC)

It's happening because of the latest glibc update.

Signal, whatsapp, slack, mailspring are also affected by this.

I have created a bug entry on arch tracker: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/59550

prosoitos commented on 2018-08-07 08:20 (UTC) (edited on 2018-08-07 08:21 (UTC) by prosoitos)

4 of my AUR packages stopped working after the last updates (2 segfault and 2 pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound).

cimarronline commented on 2018-08-06 22:39 (UTC) (edited on 2018-08-06 22:40 (UTC) by cimarronline)

Looks like skypeforlinux 8.18.0.6 (and earlier?) works with the new glibc 2.28. Huh. Well, that might be okay temporarily until MS rebuilds skypeforlinux.

I found old debian packages here: https://web.archive.org/web/20180427192048/https://repo.skype.com/deb/pool/main/s/skypeforlinux/ (you still have to use an edited PKGBUILD, or just swap out /usr/share/skypeforlinux)

jhuesos commented on 2018-08-06 20:27 (UTC) (edited on 2018-08-06 20:28 (UTC) by jhuesos)

Same here:

kernel: skypeforlinux[25458]: segfault at d20020 ip 0000000000d20020 sp 00007ffc36b441f8 error 15 in skypeforlinux[200000+1602000]systemd[1]: 
Started Process Core Dump (PID 25464/UID 0).
Process 25458 (skypeforlinux) of user 1000 dumped core.

Stack trace of thread 25458:
#0  0x0000000000d20020 n/a (skypeforlinux)

Similar issue happens with Whatsapp desktop client and both use Electron so I guess it must be something related to Electron... pure guess

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