I didn't find skype upon searching Add/Remove Software. Is there a Repositories that I'm missing here? I found this thread [URL] with instructions to run this command in a terminal.
I have downloaded & installed the skype beta release for linux (now ancient?) on my newly build fedora 14 (64) box.
Under fedora 12, I made this work after several hours of mucking around by installing old libraries for 32 bit code in /lib and /usr/lib - as I got an error, I found the library and put it in place. This was painful and the WRONG way to do things - I should have been using yum!
It remains a shame that the Skype release for Linux is so old, but that is life.
Can anyone list the libraries needed (prefer yum names if possible) to make this work?
I can do this again the hard way and list the results for others (should have saved for myself, but I never dreamed that a newer Skype release would take so long) , but I am sure many folks have this working already. I am surprised there is no "yum install skype---" command.
Here is the new version that works with Fedora 13. It installs the latest Skype from the Skype repository (apparently the Skype repo was outdated in the past, but now it contains the same version as on the Skype website). First, create the skype.repo file in the zq3tf/etc/yum.repos.d directory:
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Third, one may have to install a few libraries that Skype needs. If you're interested, you can find out more about these libraries with ldd /usr/share/skype and with yum provides *..., but this is not required for installation. All you need to do is (got this from Krellan's post):
I'm trying to install Skype in Fedora 12 KDE which I just installed recently. I tried downloading skype-2.1.0.47-fc10.i586.rpm and double-clicking on the .RPM and letting KPackageManager handle it but that returned and "unknown error". So I tried to follow the steps found here: [URL]. When I tried #yum install skype after running I got the following error message:
Code: Total download size: 14 M Is this ok [y/N]: Y Downloading Packages: Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata Processing delta metadata Package(s) data still to download: 14 M skype-2.0.0.72-fc.i586.rpm 14 MB 03:01 warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID d66b746e
GPG key retrieval failed: [Errno 14] Could not open/read file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-skype. I am fairly new to Fedora and haven't used KDE in a long time. I am fairly comfortable with the command line and have been using Linux for a few years I just haven't used Fedora for any length of time.
Download Skype-Static from : [URL] Extract the Folder to /opt directory. use the menu System>Preferences>Look and Feel>Main Menu Editor and add skype item to your Internet menu : command to add is :
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/opt/skype_static-2.0.0.72/skype
My System:I use the mic of headphone connected to talk ,while uses the System Speakers for incoming audio. This is FWIW ,works for me: First:
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yum -y install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio padevchooser.x86_64 paman.x86_64 paprefs.x86_64 pavucontrol.x86_64 pavumeter.x86_64 pulseaudio-utils.x86_64 Configure your pulseaudio volume control using Pulseaudio Device Chooser(menu Applications>Sound and Video) to have comfortable level of volume in your headphone/mic . Also ,go to Gnome Volume Control and enable channel sources for mic volume input etc accordingly.
My Policy is to install the minimum no. of 32-bit dependencies.still skype v2 32-bit asks for. :
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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 Below options in Skype Sound Preferences Options while Set Works for me on my Intel ICH7 HDA onboard audio:
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? 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?
I've added a couple of extra repos in my x86_64 Fedora 11 KDE installation.Namely, skype and rpmfusion and no rawhide stuff.I've asked then to install skype (Skype 2.0.0.72).While I was expecting a lot of packages because skype has decided not to support 64bit environments, I have found some very weird packages within the 79 item list.
An install of skype via gnome menu as well as via console ends with:
Lade Pakete herunter: Warnung: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA-Signatur: NOKEY, Schl�ssel-ID d66b746e skype/gpgkey | 15 kB 00:00 ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module> yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 315, in user_main errcode = main(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 263, in main return_code = base.doTransaction() File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 412, in doTransaction if self.gpgsigcheck(downloadpkgs) != 0: File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 524, in gpgsigcheck self.getKeyForPackage(po, lambda x, y, z: self.userconfirm()) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 3762, in getKeyForPackage keys = self._retrievePublicKey(keyurl, repo) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 3727, in _retrievePublicKey keys_info = misc.getgpgkeyinfo(rawkey, multiple=True) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/misc.py", line 394, in getgpgkeyinfo raise ValueError('No key found in given key data') ValueError: No key found in given key data
I'm trying to get skype to work on my new system. It seems to install, but trying to run it I get an error message naming a missing dependency. Searching for this with yum whatprovides and installing the result worked in one case, but for the next one, yum install <package containing missing item> returns a few errors of the form:
package <name-version>.fc12.x86_64 (which is newer than <package-version>.fc12.i686) is already installed Is there any way around this? I'd like to get skype working, but am having no luck at the moment. I'd prefer not to remove the .x86_64 packages if I can avoid it in case that breaks something else.
hJust installed brand new Centos 5.6 and skype, according to centos wiki (http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype) Getting these errors: skype: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found (required by skype)
I recently bought a IOgear USB bluetooth adapter and a Sony DRBT101/BLK bluetooth headphones to use with my computer.Whenever I try to make a call using these headphones with skype, I can speak for say 10 seconds and then the headset disconnects completely from the system. I then have to reconnect the headset by switching it off and on. I do not have this problem listening to music using A2DP. It works fine with my mobile phone.When I change the profile to Telephony Duplex (HSP/HFP), it shows up as hands free, I thought it should be headset in blueman manager. My friend uses Plantronics headset with is Dell laptop with built in bluetooth and he says his comes up as headset not hands free. Could this be causing the problem?
Does anybody know a good option for a Skype based solution that works on Linux? I have a real problem with the current Linux version as it is a crappy, buggy and downgraded version of the Windows equivalent.
I just recently purchased a 3g dongle for my netbook. Everything seems to be working fine until I discovered this strange problem. I cant seem to text via skype, it doesnt go through. I testet the skype test call service and voice works fine, audio and mic. I have tried to google and search forums but no luck. I have before used skype on my netbook with my cellphone as a hot spot and it worked without problem but it doesnt have the same provider - different sim cards in phone and dongle.
Is it possible to install Skype in Ubuntu 9.10? I don't find it listed in Synaptic Package Manager. I did install skysentials, skytools, and skytools-modules-8.3. That does not apparently install the program itself. At least I can't find it.
I know this should be really easy, but I cannot install Skype.I followed this[URL]Seems easy enough, but when I search and select Skype in the repository, I get this screen (see attachment).I click to use the maverick-partner source, and nothing happens. The button stays clicked, but there's no option for me to install it. Going to File>Install isn't an option.
I'm trying to install skype on ubuntu 11.04 but when i try both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions but neither will work. when i try 64-bit it says wrong architecture and when i try 32-bit it says "The package is of bad quality, The installation of a package which violates the quality standards isn't allowed. This could cause serious problems on your computer. Please contact the person or organisation who provided this package file and include the details beneath." and under details it says "Lintian check results for /tmp/skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.81-1_i386.deb:
I'm new person for Linux platform. But i like to lean centos. Any how i install centos 5.2 on my laptop. With dual booting system, so any one one can help me how to install skype. I try to find the how to install still i can't find how to install that. Please help me step by step how to install skype. I download software but i don't know how to setup.
