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I Just installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop that dual boots with Vista. I attempted to install Skype. I tried all the Ubuntu downloads but none of them worked. I ...
  1. 11-03-2009 #1
    Darcov
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    Skype help

    I Just installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my laptop that dual boots with Vista. I attempted to install Skype.

    I tried all the Ubuntu downloads but none of them worked. I kept getting the error of
    Wrong architecture amd64, or wrong architecture "something else"

    But my laptop is actually running AMD64 so the download should work right? can someone help me?



    I also downloaded ubuntu 9.04 on my Ps3 and i had the exact same problem on my ps3. so if anyone has suggestions for this as well. thanks
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    you probably installed the 32 bit version of Ubuntu, even if you have a 64 bit processor if you installed the 32 bit version you'll get that error.

    To get around it, open a terminal and go to the directory where the .deb is then run this command

    sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture PACKAGENAME
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