Skype should recommend/depend on gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 for amd64

Bug #1594323 reported by Ads20000
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Bug Description

'On 64bit Ubuntu systems, Skype uses the Clearlooks theme instead of the default Ubuntu theme, Ambiance (this also happens with other themes).

This occurs because Skype is a 32bit application and the GTK2 theme engine (Murrine or Pixmap in most cases) is not installed for 32bit.'

Quoted from http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/fix-skype-not-using-desktop-gtk-theme.html

Whilst this is an article from 2 years ago, the bug still exists today. The Skype amd64 package should at least recommend these packages (gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386) so that more people don't come across this bug (apt automatically installs recommended packages if possible, right?)

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Ads20000 (ads20000) wrote :

Ah darn it, I'm really sorry for incorrectly reporting this bug, when I typed in the title for the bug, the bug 1280622 didn't appear. Am marking it as a dupe now.

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