install and start Skype

[amit.anand1983]

hello friends
i am completely new to linux.
i have installed fedora9 on my sony vaio CR35G. can somebody tell me how to install and start Skype application on my system. at the same time my web cam not working. what are the steps to rectify that?

thanks in advance.

[MeeToo]

i hope this helps. I am still new to Linux but i found out how to install Skype on Fedora 7.

All you need to do is to create a file named skype.repo and located in:
/etc/yum.repos.d/
And this file should have this content.
[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc
gpgcheck=0

once this file is saved all you need to do is run the next command
yum install skype


as to how to launch it the only way i have found so far is to open a command prompt and type skype.

[Freston]

Here are some instructions. It shouldn't be hard.


EDIT: Oh, two weeks ago. Well, better late than never.

[tiersen]

Concerning the webcam you can get the driver at Libland Website. Just download the gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz file and run

tar zxvf gspcav1-20071224.tar.gz
cd gspcav1-20071224
./gspca_build

[jmadero]

The webcam might be an issue, if it's an off brand you might have no chance of getting it to work...I had this problem. Finally I just bought a logitech webcam and it worked out of the box on Ubuntu