Guide Install Skype 4 3 on Fedora 20
Guide Install Skype 4 3 on Fedora 20
1. Install Skype 4.3 on Fedora 20/19/18/17/16 and Skype 4.0 on CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.5/6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6
1.1 Change root user
1.2 Install Needed Dependencies
yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 |
Same command on multiple lines:
yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686
glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686
libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686
pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 |
On Fedora install also following package:
yum install qtwebkit.i686 |
1.3 Download Skype 4.3 Dynamic or Skype 4.0 Static Package
cd /tmp
## Skype 4.2 Dynamic for Fedora ##
wget --trust-server-names http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-dynamic
## Skype 4.0 Static for CentOS / Red Hat (RHEL) / Scientific Linux (SL) ##
wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-4.0.0.8.tar.bz2 |
1.4 Extract Skype
mkdir /opt/skype
## Extract Skype 4.3 on Fedora ##
tar xvf skype-4.3* -C /opt/skype --strip-components=1
## Extract Skype 4.0 on CentOS / Red Hat (RHEL) / Scientific Linux (SL) ##
tar xvf skype_static* -C /opt/skype --strip-components=1 |
1.5 Create libtiff.so.4 link on CentOS / Red Hat (RHEL) / Scientific Linux (SL)
Note: This is not needed on Fedora
cd /usr/lib
ln -s libtiff.so.3 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 |
1.6 Create Launcher, Link icons, lang and sounds
ln -s /opt/skype/skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/icons/skype.png
ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/pixmaps/skype.png
touch /usr/bin/skype
chmod 755 /usr/bin/skype |
Open /usr/bin/skype with text editor and add following content:
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype"
$SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=
Available link for download
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