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@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ package, but in some cases a staticly linked one might be preferred.
First, get the skype_static tarball from here:
-http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-2.2.0.35.tar.bz2
-(md5sum: d948b8f04ad27b92297a99bcacc7b00b)
+http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-4.0.0.7.tar.bz2
+(md5sum: f92b977460d9fc4f090c2bf14b692438)
Then run skype.SlackBuild like this:
STATIC=yes ./skype.SlackBuild
+Note that the static version requires libtiff.so.4 which does not come
+with slackware (yet), so we have to trick it with:
+ ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4
+
Enjoy :-)