Easiest way to get Skype on Fedora 11
I investigated today about an hour, and none of the solutions worked. Until I found this one, quick and easy setup. Thanks, guys.
[...] install the Skype repository. Open a terminal and type:
su -c 'gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo'In that file copy the following lines:
[skype] name=Skype Repository baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/ enabled=1 gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc gpgcheck=0Now you can easily install/update skype by typing:
su -c 'yum install skype' su -c 'yum update skype'
I just installed Fedora 11 was using opensuse 11.1 have to say that Fedora beats opensuse anytime, its waay more efficient, everything installed instantly unlike suse which kept giving me problems with my graphics card, could a while to load, kept getting stuck, nah man Fedora 11 is what the linux experience is all about.
Thanks for this guide on setting up skype Ive definitely found my distro and gonna stick to it.
Thank you
Great document for installing Skype, Thanks, Very easy.
I’m glad it helped you. Skype on!
I just thought id throw my 5 cents in and say my VIOP USB appears to work quite ok and thats plug and play basicly, No need for any terminal. you congig it up in the Skype Program and to Test it you just call up the Call Test Service! Works for me
) And USB Headsets would also work straight up id say…
Thanks a lot!!!
It’s work now.
I’m glad it works for you.
Does this method also works with 64 bit (x86_64) ?
Thanks,
Bruno
@Bruno
I don’t see why this method shouldn’t work on 64 bits. My Fedora install is 64 bits, and it worked like a charm. But do let us know if you have any problems with it, so we can sort it out together.
thank you
100% worked
Its great!
Thanks a lot!
very easy steps!
Great! Easy! And… works on x86_64!
Bruno, manda ver porque funciona!
Hi! Could you help me, how to install skype on fedora 11 64 bit, kde ?
have you followed the instructions and they didn’t work?
please let us know if something went wrong, so we can help you, otherwise you must follow the instructions above that worked for all of us
Just tried it on Fedora 11 64bit. It works.
I’m very thankfull for this great document, it saved me a lot of time. Kind regards Wolfgang
Hi Wolfgang, I’m glad you found this information useful, I hope you come back on this site for more useful tricks like this one.
hi to all
thanks for help.
I entered and saved “Skype repository”.
After this installar “Genom package” stop working .
I removed and start working again.
Any help. i am just newby to Linux.
Thanks
Dr qureshi
Thank you it worked perfectly!!!
Thank you for your help .
Me, again. Though skype installed and worked, I never got my webcam to work. I followed the steps in http://allmybase.com/?p=94 and finally got video in skype in fedora 11 x86_64.
Cheers Mate…. after two hours of banging my head against the wall… got it finally installed.
Many thanks
N
Hi Georgiana,
Its easy to install skype in Fedora 11.
One issue I am facing while starting skype, It tells
“Failed to execute child process “skype” (No such file or directory)”
Can you give some light on it? It will very helpfull Georgiana.
Thanks,
Shibu Varghese
Thank you very much. It works pretty good!
I am having same problem as Shibu, same error message.
this is really excellent HOW-TO…
Hi, I have installed skype (skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586) from skype repository on a Fedora Core 11 but their execution it is not normal, I have the follow error:
skype: error while loading shared libraries: libasound.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Any idea how to fix it? Thanks in advance.
//Javier
installed !!
last line was important
gpgcheck=0 , without this , not signed message was coming.
Thanks, this was really helpful! It worked great!
I used the command on Fedora 11 to install the skype:
sudo gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo
rest of them are used as is here.
Thanks a lot!
– Sivaraj