Skype on Fedora15

[Alhazred]

Hi, I'm new to Linux.
I've just installed Fedora and I'm wondering how to install Skype since it is not inside the repository.

I use a 64bit system.

I've seen that it is possible to download it from Skype home page.
On some websites I've read to download the dynamic package, not the one for Linux, I did it, it is a compressed file, I've uncompressed it but now I don't know how to go on.
The readme file says to copy the bynary into usr/bin (is the binary the file called skype with no extension) and to install the folders avatars, icons... into usr/shared/skype

I've pasted the skype file into the usr/bin folder, but how do I install the folders, I've tried to copy them in the position, but it doesn't work, do I have to do anything else?
What about the files skype.conf and skype.desktop, what do I have to do with them?

If this is not the correct way to install Skype, what should I do?

[Alhazred]

I've decided to install the Fedora13+ version and it looks to work.

[Siddly]

You can download and install the skype rpm.

[nonme]

You can download and install the skype rpm.

That's probably your best bet.

[vishnu_104]

Hi, I'm new to Linux.
I've just installed Fedora and I'm wondering how to install Skype since it is not inside the repository.

I use a 64bit system.

I've seen that it is possible to download it from Skype home page.
On some websites I've read to download the dynamic package, not the one for Linux, I did it, it is a compressed file, I've uncompressed it but now I don't know how to go on.
The readme file says to copy the bynary into usr/bin (is the binary the file called skype with no extension) and to install the folders avatars, icons... into usr/shared/skype

I've pasted the skype file into the usr/bin folder, but how do I install the folders, I've tried to copy them in the position, but it doesn't work, do I have to do anything else?
What about the files skype.conf and skype.desktop, what do I have to do with them?

If this is not the correct way to install Skype, what should I do?

Hi,
First You need to install the below packages as below:-
1. yum install gcc* -y (gcc is the compiler for softwares)
2. download the skype rpm from internet(for linux).
3. bunzip them
4.install teh skype rpm.
5. skype should work after this.

[ramin.honary]

I should warn you, Skype for Linux is already several version numbers behind the Mac and Windows versions. Since Microsoft now basically owns Skype, and given Microsoft's attitude towards open source software, Skype for Linux will probably disappear entirely.

Linux people could reverse-engineer the Skype system, but they risk patent infringement litigation, so no one really tries to do it. Its best to just use an open source video chat service if you can. Try Google video chat, or Ekiga, and get your friends to switch too.

[ProfTheory]

they risk patent infringement litigation

And yet I bet you have ntfs-3g, samba etc. on your system now.

[ramin.honary]

And yet I bet you have ntfs-3g, samba etc. on your system now.

Actually, I have neither on my system.

I am quite grateful, however, that some group of programmers backed by a huge corporation with lots and lots of lawyers (probably RedHat), was able to work out some deal where they could legally reverse engineer NTFS and Samba and make an open-sourced compatible driver for those otherwise proprietary services. Lets hope someone can do the same for Skype, otherwise, its as good as dead (on Linux anyway).

However, Samba and NTFS are useful to other major corporations who need to make use of both Linux and Windows platforms together. Is this true for Skype? Is there a huge need amongst several major companies to support both open-source and proprietary video chat protocols for their employees or customers protocols in order to stay competitive? Not a chance in hell.

I could be wrong, but the possibility that someone is going to think Skype essential enough to invest a lot of time and legal patent-litigation-defense funding into reverse engineering Skype is quite small. NTFS and Samba affect the bottom line for major companies, but there is very little money to be made looking out for the things near and dear to individual consumers -- things like Skype.

Thats why Skype for Linux will disappear.

[Siddly]

FSFE mentioned that it could be a case where Microsoft could face the European Commission on and loose. Digium has accepted and will cease Skype integration after August but installations already using Skype an Digium's platforms will continue to be supported.
This may also be a great opportunity for Google with the large deployment of Android smart phones and tablets. The next buying round by Corporates could be Android based devices which could be a big boost to google's solutions.
My buddy and I have already switched to Google Talk which sees a big improvement in video quality compared to Skype.
There are other apps such as Kopete that support Skype. I've not used it other than to fire it up and checked the camera worked in skype mode. May be apps like kopete may next be targeted my Microsoft.

[imorg]

I had that issue before and I found a great post on fedoras forum where they resolve the problem which apparently remain the same.

(will owe you the link) Post#26 by smr54 worked for me and still fix it fedora 11-15 which I have try. It goes like this:

yum -y install glibc.i386 alsa-lib.i386 libXv.i386 libXScrnSaver.i386 libSM.i386 libXi.i386 libXrender.i386 libXrandr.i386 libXfixes.i386 libXcursor.i386 libXinerama.i386 freetype.i386 fontconfig.i386 libstdc++.i386

Note: Usually I do "yum localinstall" after downloading the rpm from skype website.

Good Luck!