Sunday, May 26, 3:28 am

How to install Skype in Fedora14 64bit | FAQs

Written by Mel Kham on November 29, 2010. Posted in Linux tutorials

Q: How to install Skype in Fedora14 64bit?

A: As you know, there is no Skype 64bit available, in this post we will use i686 packages to install skype in 64bit.

Our current system is :

[pirat9@fedora-home ~]$ uname -a
Output:

Linux fedora-home 2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 22 15:36:08 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

To be able to install Skype 32 bit in a 64 bit system we need to install some dependencies using yum:

yum  install libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686  pulseaudio-libs.i686 pulseaudio-libs-glib2.i686  alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686  -y

Now download Skype from official website and install the rpm package

rpm -ivh skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586.rpm

Is done.

For questions please refer to our Q/A forum at : http://ask.unixmen.com

64bit

Fedora

Skype

4 Comment(s)

Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.

http://www.redips.net dbunic | www.redips.net

With your HOWTO I successfully installed Skype on my Fedora Core 14 x64 desktop. Package dependency list was quite long but at least it works.

Thank you!
http://enteryoursiteURL... arodef

Doesn’t always work. For instance, I upgraded to kde-4.6 from kde-redhat repository. Qt gets updated too. Skype need 32bit qt, which depends on qt-sqlite 32bit. There is a version mismatch on this little thing and yum gives up.

Now, I know what you are thinkin.. "What’s a kde freak doing with fedora?" – Well.. Even I’m trying to figure that out! :)
http://enteryoursiteURL... Malhelo

Thanks, worked fine!
Pingback: Linux | Pearltrees

Like us on Facebook

This week Top Posts

Top Things to do After Installing Ubuntu 13.04 ‘Raring Ringtail’ : Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail final is almost out. The final release it scheduled for release on Apri...0 comment(s) | by M. Zinoune
Howto: Upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail from 12.04, 12,10 | Desktop & Server : Updated 05-04-2013: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail will be released Soon, If you have ubuntu 12,10, 12...0 comment(s) | by M. Zinoune
Install lamp with 1 command in Ubuntu 12.10, 13.04 Raring Ringtail & LinuxMint13 : Updated: 10/09/2012 :LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) is an open source Web development platform ...0 comment(s) | by Mel Kham
Configure conky-Lua in Ubuntu (12.10 & 13.04 Raring Ringtail), Fedora, debian and LinuxMint | Howto Conky : Updated 05-04-2013: Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any informatio...0 comment(s) | by M. Zinoune
Howto- Resolve nosound problem on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail,12.10 and Older : Updated 05/04/2013 : One of the common issues facing Ubuntu users after installing or upgrading Ubun...0 comment(s) | by M. Zinoune
Install and Configure Samba share in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail , 12.10, 12.04| Howto : Updated 05-04-2013: One of the most asked features for Samba is a graphical user interface to help w...0 comment(s) | by Mel Kham