You have to know that Skype is 32 bit application. that means  that you need some 32  libs required for this setup, In this quick tip i will show you how to install skype on Fedora 18 64bit.
Lets begin
about my Desktop machine :
[[email protected] Downloads]$ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.10-4.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Dec 11 18:01:27 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
 Now install the required dependencies:
 yum install alsa-lib.i686 libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 qtwebkit-2.2.2-2.fc18.i686
Download the Skype rpm from the website and install it with rpm -ivh Skype-xxx.rpm
[[email protected] Downloads]$ sudo rpm   -ivh skype-4.1.0.20-fedora.i586.rpm Preparing...                         ################################# [100%] Updating / installing...   1:skype-4.1.0.20-fc16             ################################# [100%]
Now start Skype :
