Skype Issues.

[zedan85]

So i downloaded skype rpm "skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm" and clicked it. After installation i get the icon but when i click it i get "Failed to launch skype , failed to lauch the child process" How can i fix this ???

[Rubberman]

There are a bunch of support libraries that Skype needs on Linux, which I can't remember all that they are, though I was able to get Skype running after some futzing about and finding/installing the missing 32-bit libraries. What I did was to run Skype from a command-line window/console. It would output an error with the name of the first shared library it could not find, and I would install that. It took about four library installs before it would work, but it has been fine since then. Some were in standard repositories. I think I may have had to find one of the rpm files on the internet, but since this was last year I don't remember for sure.

[zedan85]

Okay being fairly new to linux.. Im discovered that skype is installed in /usr/bin and here is what i got from the command prompt

[root@localhost bin]# skype
bash: /usr/bin/skype: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory

any ideas ??

[Rubberman]

What version of Fedora are you running? In any case, it seems you are missing /lib/ld-linux.so.2, which should be a soft link to another file - /lib/ld-2.12.so on my RHEL 6.0 system. This is the Linux system's dynamic loader. If this is missing then your program (skype) cannot load shared libraries. This link may provide some more clarity on how this all works: Understanding ld-linux.so.2

Since just about everything on Linux uses shared libraries, this must be there, but it is possible that the skype executable is looking for a different version. Make sure you have the appropriate glibc package installed, which is what provides this component.

[zedan85]

What version of Fedora are you running?
Fedora 15.

Thanks for the link.. will check that out a

[zedan85]

Hmm so any idea on how i could download /lib/ld-linux.so.2

[zedan85]

Fixed it
Skype on a 64bit Fedora 15 – The solution to : Failed to execute child process “skype” (No such file or directory) | Petur.eu
Thanks for the help ....

[Rubberman]

Glad you sorted it out. I forgot about the ldconfig step. As I said, it has been over a year since I did this on my 64-bit Scientific Linux system...