As you may know, Skype 4.2 has been just released, a few days ago.
It brings a series of small bugfixes and a few changes. If you want to install Skype on Fedora 19, Fedora 18 and Fedora 17, do the following:
This installation guide works for both 32 bit and 64 bit systems. Before we can start the Skype installation, we need to install the dependecies:
$ sudo yum install alsa-lib.i686 libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 pulseaudio-libs-glib2.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 qtwebkit.i686
Download Skype 4.2:
If you don’t have wget installed, just to: sudo yum -y install wget
$ wget -c http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-4.2.0.11-fedora.i586.rpm
Install Skype 4.2:
$ sudo rpm -i skype-4.2.0.11-fedora.i586.rpm
There’s no “wget” command on fedora…
What should I use instead?
you could use curl, but i doubt that it is installed by default. the best solution is to install wget:
sudo yum -y install wgetjust in case, to install wget , become superuser with su or sudo, and type
yum install wget
Thanks for this guide. I successfully installed skype on a fedora 17 64bit system. Thank you.
Thank you. It works!
Why not condense it down to
$ wget -c http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-4.2.0.11-fedora.i586.rpm
# yum localinstall skype-4.2.0.11-fedora.i586.rpm
A better solution is to build your own rpm (for F17, F18, F19, F20, …). Look at this skype.spec :
# From https://www.timj.co.uk/uploads/specs/skype.spec
# See this page please http://www.timj.co.uk/2012/07/skype-4-on-rhel6/
# You also need http://www.timj.co.uk/uploads/rpmsources/skype.desktop
#
# Stripping the Skype binary breaks it
%define __spec_install_post /bin/true
%global instdir %{_datadir}/skype
Name: skype
Version: 4.2.0.11
Release: 1%{?dist}
Summary: Skype Internet telephony and instant messaging client
Group: Applications/Communications
License: Proprietary
URL: http://www.skype.com/
Source0: http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-%{version}.tar.bz2
Source1: skype.desktop
BuildArch: x86_64
%description
Skype is an instant messaging and telephony client which allows communication
with other users by voice, video and text.
%prep
%setup -q
# Fix end-of-line encoding
sed -i ‘s/\r//’ LICENSE
%install
install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
cp skype %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/
desktop-file-install –dir=%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications %{SOURCE1}
install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{instdir}
install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d
install -m 0644 skype.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d
install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/prelink.conf.d
echo “-b %{_bindir}/skype” > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/prelink.conf.d/skype.conf
for subdir in avatars lang sounds; do
install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{instdir}/$subdir
cp -p $subdir/* %{buildroot}%{instdir}/$subdir/
done
# Sort out icons
for i in 16 32 48; do
mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_iconsdir}/hicolor/${i}x${i}/apps
install -m 0644 icons/SkypeBlue_${i}x${i}.png %{buildroot}%{_iconsdir}/hicolor/${i}x${i}/apps/skype.png
done
# See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:ScriptletSnippets#Icon_Cache
%post
/bin/touch –no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
%postun
if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
/bin/touch –no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null
/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache -f %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
fi
%posttrans
/usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache -f %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
%files
%defattr(-,root,root,-)
%doc LICENSE README third-party_attributions.txt
%{_bindir}/skype
%{_datadir}/applications/skype.desktop
%{_iconsdir}/hicolor/*/apps/skype.png
%{instdir}
%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d/skype.conf
%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/prelink.conf.d/skype.conf
%changelog
* Sat May 23 2013 Cristian Sava 4.2.0.11
– Build for Fedora 19 x86_64 (i686 – cause of internals and dependencies)
* Sat Apr 13 2013 Cristian Sava 4.1.0.20
– Build for Fedora 18 x86_64 (i686 – cause of internals and dependencies)
* Tue Jul 24 2012 Tim Jackson 4.0.0.8-1
– Initial build of Skype 4
Thanks for the guide, I believe I lacked some of the dependencies, but now my skype works on F17 64bit. also my Samson Q1U microphone works with skype. Big Thanks!