How to install Skype on Fedora 16 (64-bit) ?

[CreamCorn]

I am a Linux rookie. I am using Fedora 16 (64-bit) with the Gnome 3 interface and am trying to get Skype working. I tried:

ATTEMPT #1
Download 'Skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm' from the Skype website.
$ rpm -i Skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libXScrnSaver is needed by skype-2.2.0.35-fc10.i586
qt >= 4.4 is needed by skype-2.2.0.35-fc10.i586
qt-x11 >= 4.4 is needed by skype-2.2.0.35-fc10.i586

ATTEMPT #2
$ yum localinstall --nogpgcheck skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm

As I do this, the install appears to go through. The Skype icon appears in Gnome but when I click on it, nothing happens. Thus I did

$ yum remove skype

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I am assuming that the RPM Skype 2.2 I downloaded is 32-bit and I need to install some sort of dependency before I can get it to work with Fedora 16 X64?

[ozjd]

There is a guide on the Kororaa forum that covers installing Skype and also shows how to find what is missing. https://kororaa.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=236

[Bazu135]

It might be worth your while installing Autoplus and letting that do the donkey work for you.

http://www.dnmouse.org/autoten/

I've not used it to do Skype, but it's done everything I've asked it to flawlessly. Call it an interim solution until someone can offer something a bit more in-depth

[CreamCorn]

Thank you for your valuable tips Ozjd & Bazu!

I installed Autoplus as Bazu suggested. Autoplus installed Skype 2.1 beta and all the necessary dependencies. I used Autoplus to uninstall Skype 2.1 beta and downloaded Skype 2.2 beta from the official website. From there, it was a simple matter of:
rpm -i skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm

Skype 2.2 beta was installed and it ran properly

[Flemming]

Originally Posted by Bazu135

It might be worth your while installing Autoplus and letting that do the donkey work for you.

http://www.dnmouse.org/autoten/

I've not used it to do Skype, but it's done everything I've asked it to flawlessly. Call it an interim solution until someone can offer something a bit more in-depth

Best solution !!

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[drewkenjo]

Actually you could do

yum install ./skype-filename.rpm

yum automatically recognize the dependencies and install them all.
It worked for me a hundreds of times.

[samdamrpopular]

actually I have done the same but it gives an error Failed to launch Skype
Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)

[nonamedotc]

Originally Posted by samdamrpopular

actually I have done the same but it gives an error Failed to launch Skype
Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)

This generally means you do not have the required 32-bit libraries installed for skype to function. I would recommend using Autoplus to install skype. Or did you use Autoplus and still got this message?

[Eran496]

Originally Posted by CreamCorn

I am a Linux rookie. I am using Fedora 16 (64-bit) with the Gnome 3 interface and am trying to get Skype working. I tried:

ATTEMPT #1
Download 'Skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm' from the Skype website.
$ rpm -i Skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libXScrnSaver is needed by skype-2.2.0.35-fc10.i586
qt >= 4.4 is needed by skype-2.2.0.35-fc10.i586
qt-x11 >= 4.4 is needed by skype-2.2.0.35-fc10.i586

ATTEMPT #2
$ yum localinstall --nogpgcheck skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm

As I do this, the install appears to go through. The Skype icon appears in Gnome but when I click on it, nothing happens. Thus I did

$ yum remove skype

-----

I am assuming that the RPM Skype 2.2 I downloaded is 32-bit and I need to install some sort of dependency before I can get it to work with Fedora 16 X64?

hi no it wont work, yoy cant install a 32bit software on a 64bit linux system.
i had also got stuck with installing skype just do this

 wget http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/xenodecdn/skype-2.2.0.35-2.x86_64.rpm

and then as root user

 yum localinstall skype-2.2.0.35-2.x86_64.rpm

and just run skype...

[ozjd]

Originally Posted by Eran496

hi no it wont work, yoy cant install a 32bit software on a 64bit linux system.

You can. It will pull in 32 bit libraries but it works.

[Eran496]

Originally Posted by ozjd

You can. It will pull in 32 bit libraries but it works.

maybe, but u got a compiles version of 64bit, and the install is very easy...even to a noob like me

[ozjd]

Originally Posted by Eran496

maybe, but u got a compiles version of 64bit, and the install is very easy...even to a noob like me

Agreed it is usually best to use the 64 bit version, when it exists, but I was just pointing out your general statement was wrong.

[riyassisiram]

Thanku ERAN.....It works well....

[Eran496]

Glad 2 help

[riquito]

With the latest version ( 4.0.0.8 ) I just needed to

1) download the rpm
2) install the rpm (skype now works, but not the audio)
3) sudo yum install pulseaudio-libs.i686

That was all

This was done from a fresh Fedora17 installation