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. -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it.