Hello, On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 19:22:19 -0600 Robert Nichols <rnicholsNOSPAM at comcast.net> wrote: > On 11/20/2017 07:13 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: > > On 11/20/17 03:44, wwp wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> > >> On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 12:58:21 +1300 Peter <peter at pajamian.dhs.org> wrote: > >> > >>> On 20/11/17 11:30, milos.blazevic wrote: > >>>> There's the unstable version that installs and works: > >>>> https://www.skype.com/en/insider/ > >>> > >>> Thanks for pointing this out, it looks like they removed the newer > >>> GLIBCXX requirement that was added for 8.10, possibly due to popular demand? > >> > >> Maybe. Unpacking the rpm works, anyway, I never encountered a single > >> binary issue since I use it like that (ordinary use, I probably don't > >> use that text encoding or whatever submodule which depends on a newer > >> libstdc++). > >> > >> > > > Please explain "Unpacking the RPM". How is one to do that when there > > are broken dependencies? > > Easy. > rpm2cpio /path/to/whatever.rpm | cpio -idm > > Probably best to do that in a temporary directory and see what you get. > See the cpio manpage for other options. Exactly. One could also install using `rpm -Uvh --nodeps skypeforlinux-64-0.rpm`, that worked too even if NOT solving the dep for uninstalled lib for the specific skype module. Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20171121/f334944c/attachment-0005.sig>