2010-09-13, 18:49
Hello,
After a day of tinkering, I finally imported Skype4Py on xbmc python and I think now it is possible to continue with the actual coding of the addon. Unfortunately the addon is as non-portable as it gets because python 2.4 does not have some libraries that are needed and you have to compile them yourself. I worked on x64 linux so I can only assist on this platform...
Stuff needed:
python 2.4
Skype4Py
dbus-python
pygobject
Everything should be the latest, except pygobject which does not compile under python 2.4 so you have to use an earlier version (I used 2.14)
now:
1. Download python, ./configure with --enable-unicode=ucs4 and make install. This will be installed in /usr/local so it won't wipe your current python installation
2. Download dbus and pygobject and configure and "make install" them. Be sure that python2.4 is the default because if it's not, you will compile them for 2.6
3. take the libraries from /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ and install them on xbmc (on your addon or globally on xbmc)
4. build Skype4Py and manually copy it from the build directory to the xbmc installation
5. If everything went well, you can import skype4py and use skype()
Right now xbmc still crashes for no reason if I try to read the friends list or something, but I think I will iron out these things
I will continue developing this addon, but unfortunately I have minimal experience in coding addons on xbmc, so I will need some help and a lot of time to make something useful
Also, I could use some help on where to upload the actual addon so others can play with it
After a day of tinkering, I finally imported Skype4Py on xbmc python and I think now it is possible to continue with the actual coding of the addon. Unfortunately the addon is as non-portable as it gets because python 2.4 does not have some libraries that are needed and you have to compile them yourself. I worked on x64 linux so I can only assist on this platform...
Stuff needed:
python 2.4
Skype4Py
dbus-python
pygobject
Everything should be the latest, except pygobject which does not compile under python 2.4 so you have to use an earlier version (I used 2.14)
now:
1. Download python, ./configure with --enable-unicode=ucs4 and make install. This will be installed in /usr/local so it won't wipe your current python installation
2. Download dbus and pygobject and configure and "make install" them. Be sure that python2.4 is the default because if it's not, you will compile them for 2.6
3. take the libraries from /usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ and install them on xbmc (on your addon or globally on xbmc)
4. build Skype4Py and manually copy it from the build directory to the xbmc installation
5. If everything went well, you can import skype4py and use skype()
Right now xbmc still crashes for no reason if I try to read the friends list or something, but I think I will iron out these things
I will continue developing this addon, but unfortunately I have minimal experience in coding addons on xbmc, so I will need some help and a lot of time to make something useful
Also, I could use some help on where to upload the actual addon so others can play with it
