skype update-Error [Solved]

[loik]

Hy.

since 2 weeks zhis Updadate Error for skype pops up.

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Fehl:14 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
  504  Gateway Time-out [IP: 2.16.192.139 443]
Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von https://repo.skype.com/deb/dists/stable/InRelease 504  Gateway Time-out [IP: 2.16.192.139 443]
W: Einige Indexdateien konnten nicht heruntergeladen werden. Sie wurden ignoriert oder alte an ihrer Stelle benutzt.

Please fix it.
Thank you.

[Eadwine Rose]

We can't fix that.

What you wanted is a package request. So.. if someone could make a deb package for skype so we're not dependent on Snaps, is basically what you are asking.

[dolphin_oracle]

@Eadwine Rose that is not a snap repo, its microsoft's old skypeforlinux repo. microsoft may have changed their repo or removed it altogether, will look into it.

as Eadwine Rose says, we can't control that. However, I do appreciate the report and will remove the entry from mx-packageinstaller if the repo is totally gone.

in any case, You'll need to disable the repository.

also, since its proprietary and not open source, we will not package skype.

[Eadwine Rose]

I know that is not a snap repo, but the only way TO get it now is using snap, that is what I meant.

[indielinuxpower]

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/sky ... e8934dd312
and
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/sky ... 3fb0d0c92c

Skype for Web should still work though if SNAP is not desired. Only issue web that is only "Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera browsers" are officially supported by Skype. You could try Chromium or Brave and see if it would work, but might have possible issues with support.

[Eadwine Rose]

That is what I said, in more words

[Stevo]

OMG, Microsoft has given the shaft to users of non-favored (non Ubuntu) OS releases?!! What's next, the sun rising in the east or water being wet?

I'm pretty sure snap packages can be used in MX, but you'll have to boot with the systemd option for snapd to start.

[dolphin_oracle]

There is an unofficial flatpack

[loik]

Hey, there.

I lost follow this theme, because I'm general on the german forum.
Sorry.

Thanks to all of you and your informations an tipps to alternetives.

So, now I'll disable the repo because you gave me the reasons for.

o.k., solved.

[operadude]

There is an unofficial flatpack

Thanks, D.O.

I see this in my (KDE) MXPI (Flatpaks):

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Short Name              Full Package Name           Version             Size
skype.Client            com.skype.Client            8.119.0.201         8.8 MB

BTW: Just figured-out how to get formatting, e.g. Tabs, to work on the Forum-- put your formatted text (from editor) in "code" blocks! Always Learning!

Does the above look like the Flatpak Skype version you meant?



BTW: Just noticed that the O.P. is for "Package Requests, MX-21". I am using MX-23 (on all of my 3 distros-- Xfce, KDE, and Fluxbox), and I have been getting the same error messages for the "skype repo" when doing updates. So, I'm assuming that the issue is NOT specific to MX-21. I followed the links listed above: viewtopic.php?p=777591#p777591

It seems that the Skype repo issue will be for all versions of MX.

If I understand this thread correctly, I will have to:

1. Uninstall Skype
2. Remove existing skype repo from my list of repos (using repo manager)
3. Re-Install Skype from the Flatpak (as outlined above)

Please let me know if I got any of this wrong