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I need to install several packages into the recently installed Slitaz. I am using TazPanel to install skype (and others later) but I am stuck. TazPanel indicates that get-skype is intalled but NOT really, I chech everywhere and I cannot find skype. I found the package in the /var... subdirectory and double click it but no installations occurs. I even re-started the computer afterwards, but no show. I suppose I am missing one step. Do I have to do the actual installation by "hand" in a terminal? If so, please tell me what commands are needed, because what I tried did not work. My appologies for asking something so basic, but I have been looking for simple instructions for the last 3 hours and could not find any. Greatly appreciate any help. Thanks
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Open a terminal as root and type
# get-skype
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Ceel, thanks for the information. Unfortunately, nothing happens. It looks for the www.skype.com site and it indicates "No such a file or directory". I thought I had to do some "INSTALL" command since it is already in the /var/cache/tazpkg/4.0/packages subdirectory. At any rate, I assume that TazPanel does not actually make any installations, but instead it just downloads parts of the required software, and the rest is done in the terminal. I still have not been able to find the correct way to download software in Slitaz. The mistery continues. Thanks.
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All get-* packages require the extra step. Normal packages don't require an extra step except for bash and a handful of others.
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Good night!
No mistery 
How get-packages works? First step: you install package containing installer. Second step: you run installer that downloaded binary package from net, converted it and installed it to your system (so you can remove package later if you don't need it).
How it looks in terminal?
# tazpkg get-install get-skype
# get-skype
Or short form:
# tazpkg -gi get-skype && get-skype
If you want to re-install package, use 'forced' option:
# tazpkg -gi get-skype --forced
# get-skype
If you use TazPanel wrapper for TazPkg then you need only to push the button 'Install' (two steps described above in single click).
But reading your messages it seems like Micro$oft changed download links to packages, and installer can't find them on the old places of web page (or in the specified folder on server, I don't know how installer find packages). Seems like get-skype installer should be fixed. Again. And again in the future... Just wait.
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@LocoMotor101
I tried to install and have the same error than you I think:
root@slitaz:/home/tux# get-skype
Connecting to www.skype.com (78.141.177.158:80)
Connecting to www.skype.com (78.141.177.158:80)
Connecting to www.skype.com (78.141.177.158:80)
Connecting to www.skype.com (78.141.177.158:80)
tar: invalid magic
tar: short read
ls: skype_static*-*/: No such file or directory
root@slitaz:/home/tux#
root@slitaz:/home/tux#
I've found this topic on the forum: http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/skype-package#post-5852
I've downloaded skype for debian then:
$ tazpkg convert skype-debian_4.1.0.
.../...
# tazpkg install skype-4.1.0.20-1.tazpkg
.../...
skype (4.1.0.20-1) is installed.
Now I can see Skype in Applications > Internet
Don't know if it works, I never use skype... Hope this can help you.
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Thanks Trixar and Aleksej. What you, Aleksey, indicate is what I already done several times before I requested help. I pushed the "install" in TazPanel and it said that it was installed. I also tried it again with the tazpkg commands and got the same answer:
oot@cherenga:/var/cache/tazpkg/4.0/packages# tazpkg get-install get-skype --forced
get-skype-1.0.1 se encuentra ya en el caché : /var/cache/tazpkg/4.0/packages
Instalación de : get-skype
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Copiando get-skype [ OK ]
Extrayendo get-skype... [ OK ]
Extrayendo el pseudo fs...(lzma) [ OK ]
Instalando get-skype... [ OK ]
Removiendo todos los archivos tmp... [ OK ]
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get-skype (1.0.1) está instalado.
root@cherenga:/var/cache/tazpkg/4.0/packages# get-skype
Connecting to www.skype.com (204.9.163.248:80)
Connecting to www.skype.com (204.9.163.248:80)
Connecting to www.skype.com (204.9.163.248:80)
Connecting to www.skype.com (204.9.163.248:80)
tar: invalid magic
tar: short read
ls: skype_static*-*/: No such file or directory
Let me add that skype is not critical for me. I only need openoffice and a reliable web-browser that allow me to use flash (to enter my bank). But I thought skype was a good test to install. So, going back to skype, Tazpanel says that it is installed, but it is only downloaded, not installed, because I cannot find it in the "applications" directories. So, I am back to square one. I do not think I did something wrong. A mistery? 
Any other suggestion? Thanks
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@ Ceel. Thanks for the hint. It seems like the problem is the skype file itself. I am in the process of downloading directly from the skype site and will try your way. Let you know in a few minutes. At any rate, skype is just a test for me, but I guess it was not a choice for testing. Thanks.
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Since skype was just a test, and there were problems with that file, I decided to try to install google-chrome. So I went similar way as Ceel sugested and got it installed. I downloaded it from internet converted it to "tazpkg" and installed it using manual commands in a terminal. Which means to me that I never learned if it is possible to install packages with TazPanel. I tried to intall openoffice and libreoffice and got them installed, according to TazPanel, but they are not really. Actually, they did not even dowloaded because it took less than 30 seconds to indicate it was installed. So, my final guess is that I have to do the manual install in a terminal to get it actually downloaded and installed.
Finally, the strange thing about google-chrome is that it said it was google-chrome all the way, but what ended up was Seamonkey. The reason I installed this browser is that I need to use flash-player to access my bank on a daily basis for work. But this google-chrome is just seamonkey and not new-flash capable. Any hints? Thanks everyone.
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When I thought I had figured it out, I continue to have problems installing packages. First, the google-chrome I installed ended up NOT being so, but seamonkey. How did that happen! I do not know. Second, I tried to install openoffice and libreoffice but nothing happens. I did both, the TazPanel initial install, then the command:
root@cherenga:/var/cache/tazpkg/4.0/packages# tazpkg install get-OpenOffice3-1.1
.tazpkg
Instalación de : get-OpenOffice3
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Copiando get-OpenOffice3 [ OK ]
Extrayendo get-OpenOffice3... [ OK ]
Extrayendo el pseudo fs...(lzma) [ OK ]
Instalando get-OpenOffice3... [ OK ]
Removiendo todos los archivos tmp... [ OK ]
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get-OpenOffice3 (1.1) está instalado.
But OpenOffice3 is NOT installed, and nowhere to be seen. I know I must be a nuisance for you guys but honestly, I just want to know the "correct" procedure to install additional software in the Slitaz system. I do not want to bother you with absurd questions about installing. So, I would kindly ask for a detailed list of steps to get any software installed and promise not to bother you more. Thanks a million.
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Step 1:
# tazpkg install get-program
Step 2:
# get-program
I try get-OpenOffice3
Nothing happens, wget fails to download, get-OpenOffice3 script is unable to determine the name or location of OpenOffice3
It's broken for now.
Reference:
http://doc.slitaz.org/en:handbook:packages
The 'get' Packages
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Mojo, thanks for your assistance. It seems like there is a persistant problem with the get-programs. Those programs I tried to download and install are broken. It never occurred to me that that could be the problem, so I thought I was doing something wrong, or mising a step. Thus, in theory, I should be able to use TazPanel to download a given software and install it with tazpkg. At this moment, I am in the process of converting all files of openOffice for debian to slitaz tazpkg. If I understand the process correctly, I should be able to install openOffice with "tazpkg install" command. I hope to have good news later, if not, maybe more questions.
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For what it's worth, LibreOffice install works fine. Well, at least the installation part, then it doesn't run. Apparently, the shortcuts are created incorrectly, but that's another story.
@LocoMotor101, here's a 101 on package installs in Slitaz:
Yes, you can use TazPanel to install packages. Most 'native' (packages that are in the Slitaz repositories) will be downloaded and installed just fine. Then there are the get-program packages. Essentially, these are scripts designed to make it somewhat easier for the lazy people like me, to download and install various programs such as Skype, OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Adobe Flash plugin, etc.
I would imagine TazPanel will download the get-program package, install it, and then also execute it (so that the actual software is downloaded and installed) for you, but then it might not. If it doesn't then you will need to do that yourself. Hence, in the command line (after you've installed get-Skype package using TazPanel):
$ get-Skype
which will then hopefully download the Skype package from www.skype.com and then do a bunch of stuff that will ensure that Skype is installed on your computer.
Since these scripts essentially download software from the corresponding websites (such as Skype.com), they break often as the actual download URL is hardwired into the script. So if the URL changes for some reason, the script won't work anymore. An unfortunate side effect of giving a man a fish, and not teaching him to fish.
You could wait for the scripts (get-program packages) to be fixed, or you could just edit the script yourself and fix it (if you feel comfortable doing that).
Alternative softwares:
OpenOffice --> Try LibreOffice (the get-LibreOffice script does it's work for most part, but incorrectly creates the shortcuts for the various LibreOffice programs, hence you will need to manually edit the /usr/share/applications/libreoffice-whatever.desktop file and modify the Exec parameter as applicable)
Google Chrome --> Try SRWare Iron Browser. It's a derivative of Chromium browser, and it's in the repos. So you can install the package iron-linux from TazPanel directly.
Ps: I am running cooking, so if you are running something else, the status of the various packages above might be different.
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Greetings and "Mabuhay" from the Philippines!
@ ceel
your post,
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've found this topic on the forum: http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/skype-package#post-5852
I've downloaded skype for debian then:
$ tazpkg convert skype-debian_4.1.0.
.../...
# tazpkg install skype-4.1.0.20-1.tazpkg
.../...
skype (4.1.0.20-1) is installed.
Now I can see Skype in Applications > Internet
Don't know if it works, I never use skype... Hope this can help you.
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it installed perfectly. my hope soared like an eagle ^_^
problem is, when you click it in Applications > Internet , nothing happens.
my heart sank like the Titanic :'(
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@shintsan88, have you tried the get-skype package? I just installed get-skype from cooking and it pulled the skype package from www.skype.com and installed fine. I also tested running it and everything seems ok.
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The cooking version I updated should work on stable 4.0
http://hg.slitaz.org/wok/rev/ea74f36a08fb
http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/cooking/get-skype-1.0.1.tazpkg
[c]# tazpkg install get-skype-1.0.1.tazpkg --forced[/c]
[c]# get-skype[/c]
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Thanks, now the installation is pointing to dynamic instead static, however i get this error at startup:
skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
tazpkg get-install libQtDBus
did the final trick.
regards,
tibi
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Sorry about that. I should have mentioned that in my post, it did require a few libraries to be manually installed post Skype installation to get it to work.
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Ah, guys, still a no-go here, Skype just wont run. Im using Stable 4. I followed your instructions to the letter:
1. click and download get-skype from here : http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/cooking/get-skype-1.0.1.tazpkg
2. install
3. fire up Sakura terminal, go to root. type : get-skype
4. After installation completes, type : tazpkg get-install libQtDBus
5. exit terminal
Skype icon appears as new entry in Applications --> Internet
clicking it, nothing happens 
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Open a terminal
Type
[c]skype[/c]
Hit Enter key
What are the errors?
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@ mojo
Wohoo!! sometimes all a newbie needs is a hint ^_^
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shintsan88@slitaz:~$ skype
skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtWebKit.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
shintsan88@slitaz:~$
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fired up Package Manager and searched for libQtWebkit...downloaded it and installed. Voila!
Many thanks Mojo-sensei! Im really learning! ^_^
Now only thing left is LibreOffice....downloaded and installed perfectly but alas! no shortcuts appeared in Applications -->Office
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@ ms3811
Concerning your recomendation to use SRWare Iron browser instead of Google Chrome, I assume you mean it has the same capabilities of "updated" flash. I already have Midori and SeaMonkey but these two web browsers do not have updated flash so I cannot use them to enter into my bank account. But I understand that Google Chrome does have the most recent flash embeded (sp?) into. Is this the same with SRWare browser? Thanks.
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The bank's login uses flash? The most insecure (as in documented hacks and backdoors) medium on the internet? Use https instead - it's WAY more secure.
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@LocoMotor101, I checked the version of Flash on Iron, it's 11.2.202.251. Reckon that's not the 'latest'. Check out http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ it has some additional details on the various versions of Flash on different platforms/browser. Looks like you are stuck with one of the other browsers.
@shintsan88, to get LibreOffice shortcuts working, you'll need to fix the symlink /usr/bin/libreoffice3.6. The script sets the symlink's target incorrectly. Do the following as root:
$ rm /usr/bin/libreoffice3.6
$ln -s /usr/lib/libreoffice3.6/program/soffice /usr/bin/libreoffice3.6
After that, the shortcuts should start working. Now you did mention that you are unable to see the shortcuts in the Applications -> Office menu. Can you check to see if the libreoffice*.desktop files exist in /usr/share/applications? If they do, check their permissions to make sure you have read access. If that's fine, then open one of them in a text editor and make sure they don't contain a "Hidden" or "NoDisplay" equals true entry (although I can't imagine why that would happen).
Lastly, after I fixed the symlink I still couldn't get LibreOffice to work, it would work as root but fail as a non-root user with a "com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException" error. To fix this, you will need to do the following as root:
$chown -R username:username /home/username/.config/libreoffice
where username is your username. Hope this helps.
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@ ms3811
many thanks for the advice, I have saved your post for future reference.
what I did as a wayaround is to simply use a portable version of LibreOffice - all it requires is Java Runtime and set "execute" in permissions of the portable file's properties.
however the smooth and snappy performance of Abiword and Gnumeric in Slitaz won me over, which made LibreOffice no longer necessary for me - except when I encounter powerpoint files, I get to use the portable version : )
many thanks again and kudos to us all who love Slitaz! ^_^
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