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How to use headless Skype over DBUS on Debian

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I installed Skype on Debian and ran it headless, however, I cannot interact with it over dbus. Some context of what I have so far: Installed Debian 6 on VMware fusion box from netinst CD Skype version is 2.2.0.25 dynamic DBus version is 1.2.24, installed it with Skype seems to be running fine in he…

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dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.Skype.API /com/Skype com.Skype.API.Invoke string:NAME\ hello  string:PROTOCOL\ 5 strin…

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Install Ubuntu dependencies needed to run headless Skype. SSH into your server as a root or do sudo -i. Then install necessary software:

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