Install Skype 4.1/4.0 on Fedora 18/17, CentOS/RHEL/SL 6.3
This is guide, howto install Skype 4.1 on Fedora 18/17/16/15/14 and Skype 4.0 on CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL)/Scientific Linux (SL) 6.3/6.2/6.1/6. This is actually easy process, but I won’t use Skype own RPM package, which works only with Fedora 16+. Skype package also doesn’t care about any needed dependencies on 64-bit (x86_64) systems nor 32-bit (i686) systems. This guide uses Skype dynamic package (for Fedora) and static package (for CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL)/Scientific Linux (SL) 6.3/6.2/6.1/6) and all dependencies are installed manually.
1. Install Skype 4.1 on Fedora 18/17/16/15 and Skype 4.0 on CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3/6.2/6.1/6
1.1 Change root user
su - ## OR ## sudo -i |
1.2 Install Needed Dependencies
yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 |
Same command on multiple lines:
yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 \
glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 \
libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 \
pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 |
On Fedora install also following package:
yum install qtwebkit.i686 |
1.3 Download Skype 4.1 Dynamic or Skype 4.0 Static Package
cd /tmp ## Skype 4.1 Dynamic for Fedora ## wget --trust-server-names http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-dynamic ## Skype 4.0 Static for CentOS / Red Hat (RHEL) / Scientific Linux (SL) ## wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-4.0.0.8.tar.bz2 |
1.4 Extract Skype
mkdir /opt/skype ## Extract Skype 4.1 on Fedora ## tar xvf skype-4.1* -C /opt/skype --strip-components=1 ## Extract Skype 4.0 on CentOS / Red Hat (RHEL) / Scientific Linux (SL) ## tar xvf skype_static* -C /opt/skype --strip-components=1 |
1.5 Create libtiff.so.4 link on CentOS / Red Hat (RHEL) / Scientific Linux (SL)
Note: This is not needed on Fedora
cd /usr/lib ln -s libtiff.so.3 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 |
1.6 Create Launcher, Link icons, lang and sounds
ln -s /opt/skype/skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/icons/skype.png ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/pixmaps/skype.png touch /usr/bin/skype chmod 755 /usr/bin/skype |
Open /usr/bin/skype with text editor and add following content:
#!/bin/sh export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype" $SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=$SKYPE_HOME $* |
2. Use Skype
2.1 Start Skype
From command line use skype command
skype |
From Desktop menu on Fedora 16 Gnome 3.2 Skype 4.0 Launcher
From Desktop menu CentOS 6.2 Gnome 2 and Skype 4.0 Launcher
2.2 Accept Skype End User License Agreement
2.3 Login Skype
Skype 4.1 Login
Skype 4.0 Login
2.4 Skype 4.1 running on Fedora 18
2.5 Skype 4.1/4.0 running on Fedora 17
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- Skype hanging on CentOS 6.4 - [...] of this advertisement]'); I've installed a CentOS 6.4 system and have following the instructions here that explains ...
Here are my results when I enter
wget –trust-server-name http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-static
wget: unrecognized option ‘–trust-server-name’
Usage: wget [OPTION]… [URL]…
Try ‘wget –help’ for more options.
The tutorial looks good but I’m dead at the first command. I didn’t see that anyone else was having this problem. Please advise.
I bumped against the same challenge, but I downloaded the Dynamic version of Skype. And then used the steps described in the tutorial. But then again I bumped at adding the lines to /usr/bin/skype because it is a binary file. I’m using CENTOS i386.
Hi Edwin,
I updated this tutorial, because of latest Skype update. I assume that you are using CentOS 6.3, Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3 or Scientific Linux (SL) 6.3? Currently Skype 4.1 won’t work on CentOS, RHEL or SL. You have to use older version Skype 4.0 instead, because Skype 4.1 requires Qt 4.7 and Enterprise Linux 6 have only 4.6.
Hello fellas,
I’ve used this tutorial to install skype on CentOS 5 server( with X window System ).
I’m stuck at adding lines to /usr/bin/skype because it is a binary file.
I tried starting skype without the modification and I get the error (which I can understand):
Segmentation fault
How can we get skype working on this system?
#su
#chmod 755 /usr/bin/skype
#cat > /usr/bin/skype [Enter]
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME=”/opt/skype”
$SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
[Control+D]
After I add the commands to the /user/bin/skype file, I attempt to launch and get the following error message:
/usr/bin/skype: line 4: ”/opt/skype”/skype: No such file or directory
I seem to be missing something but I can’t figure out what or where it is.
Hi Brentley3,
Could you post output of following commands:
I found my error. I’ve got it up and running now. Thanks for the assistance.
Hi Brentley3, I got similar problem as yours. Mind to share what you did to fix it ?
Thanks
nvm. my error msg is about Segmentation Fault.
Running on centos 6.3
Hi Evan,
Could you post full error message and output of following commands:
Hi JR, below are the output:
[root@localhost dev]# cat /usr/bin/skype
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME=”/opt/skype”
$SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
[root@localhost dev]#
[root@localhost dev]# ls -la /opt/skype
total 28100
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jan 21 12:28 .
drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4096 Jan 21 12:28 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 1 04:21 avatars
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 1 04:21 icons
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 1 04:21 lang
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 33513 Nov 1 04:21 LICENSE
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 5352 Nov 1 04:21 README
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28687700 Nov 1 04:21 skype
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 453 Nov 1 04:21 skype.conf
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 223 Nov 1 04:21 skype.desktop
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 1 04:21 sounds
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 7128 Nov 1 04:21 third-party_attributions.txt
[root@localhost dev]# skype
/usr/bin/skype: line 3: 11895 Segmentation fault (core dumped) $SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
[root@localhost dev]#
What version of Skype you are installing?
I am trying to install skype 4.1
Currently already have 4.0 installed.
Sorry, but Skype 4.1 won’t work on CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6, because Skype 4.1 requires Qt 4.7 and Enterprise Linux 6 have only 4.6.
Skype 4.0 works flawlessly on Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL/CentOS/SL), so that’s why this guide uses Skype 4.0 for EL6.
Ah I see… Thanks a lot JR for your assistance :D
You are very welcome!
In theory, you can install newer Qt on EL 6 (example compiling from sources), but it’s definitely not worth the effort. :)
Hi Gilberto,
The current version of Skype 4.1 (and 4.0) won’t work on CentOS 5. You can download an older, static version of Skype (2.1) which should work on CentOS 5 from here.
Okayyy, thank you very much. Will try the older version of Skype and let you guys know if it worked :)
Yaaayyyyy, guys! Skype_static 2.1 started successful on CentOS 5.2 Server with the new instructions of “JR”. Thanks again! (Y)
You are welcome, Skype 2.1 is little bit oldish, but works anyway. :)
I am using RHEL 6 (64bit).
when i run skype i got this error “/opt/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtisWebKit.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory”
Please help me to get out this.
Hi Bimal,
Did you installed Skype 4.0 version?
I am install skype-4.1.0.20.
It won’t work on RHEL 6, because Skype 4.1 requires Qt 4.7 and Enterprise Linux 6 have only 4.6.
Skype 4.0 works on Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL/CentOS/SL), so that’s why this guide uses Skype 4.0 for EL6.
I am update it.Now “/opt/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtisWebKit.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory” is error not come. Now I get the error “/usr/bin/skype: line 3: 22685 Illegal instruction $SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME$*”.
Thanks for supporting.
Actually I want video chat. In version 4.0 I am not able to do video chat.
For this reason I am update it 4.1
Works fine! – Thank you!
# ls -la /opt/skype
total 39068
drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 Nov 9 16:40 .
drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 4096 Nov 9 15:43 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 14:13 avatars
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 14:13 icons
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 14:13 lang
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 33513 Jul 13 14:13 LICENSE
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 5246 Jul 13 14:13 README
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 39916000 Jul 13 14:13 skype
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 453 Jul 13 14:13 skype.conf
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 161 Jul 13 14:13 skype.desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 14:13 sounds
-rw-r–r–. 1 root root 7128 Jul 13 14:13 third-party_attributions.txt
[root@chandrakant ~]# skype
/usr/bin/skype: line 1: !/bin/sh: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/skype: line 3: ”/opt/skype”/skype: No such file or directory
Hi chandrakant,
Could you post output of following commands:
[root@chandrakant ~]# cat /usr/bin/skype
!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME=”/opt/skype”
$SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
[root@chandrakant ~]# env |grep PATH
PATH=/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/root/bin
WINDOWPATH=1
QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/root/.kde/lib64/kde4/plugins/:/usr/lib64/kde4/plugins/:/usr/lib/kde4/plugins
Hi again ,
You need hash before at the beginning of first line:
[root@ckk ~]# skype
/usr/bin/skype: line 5: ”/opt/skype”/skype: No such file or directory
Check your quotation marks, looks like you have some “styled” quotation marks and your SKYPE_HOME is ”/opt/skype” and not /opt/skype which it should be. So write quotation marks again manually, also copying from real code block from here should remove styling if you use example nano, vi etc, this also depends on your browser.
I am getting this error message when I try to run skype
/usr/bin/skype: /opt/skype/skype: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory
help greatly appreciated
Hi Keegan,
Could you post output of following commands:
Linux Arctostaphylos.netgear.com 3.6.6-3.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Nov 5 16:26:34 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-4.1-amd64:desktop-4.1-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:printing-4.1-amd64:printing-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Fedora
Description: Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)
Release: 18
Codename: SphericalCow
glib2-2.34.2-1.fc18.x86_64
glibc-2.16-20.fc18.x86_64
glibc-common-2.16-20.fc18.x86_64
glibmm24-2.34.1-1.fc18.x86_64
glib-networking-2.34.2-1.fc18.x86_64
Hi Keegan,
Did you installed 32-bit dependencies succesfully on step 1.2?
Please update your
1.5 Create libtiff.so.4 link on CentOS / Red Hat (RHEL) / Scientific Linux (SL)
Note: This is not needed on Fedora
since i’ve fedora and also need to create for below error.
[root@ckk ~]# skype
/opt/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libtiff.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Thanks a lot finally skype runs.
Excellent to hear that you got it working!
I can update this guide, but could you also tell your Fedora version?
[root@ckk ~]# uname -a
Linux ckk106 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon May 7 17:29:34 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
i think above information is sufficient for you.
Thanks! Yes it’s sufficient for me. Once I checked that the latest Fedora versions create that libtiff.so.4 link automatically, but maybe I had it already on my test machine or something, but thanks, I will check this again soon and update guide.
Hi again chandrakant,
I just checked this guide on clean installed Fedora 17 with all latest updates and there is /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3.9.7 link (created automatically) and Skype runs normally without doing this /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 link.
I try to check this in more detail, but some reason I can’t reproduce your error, even if libtiff.so.4 link doesn’t exists.
I am new to Linux, and I do not know why when I try to do step 1.6, when adding the contents to text editor, it won’t save because I apparently don’t have permissions to save the file.
Hi Madnessfan,
You have to save it as root user. You can use command line editors, like Vi, nano, etc. or open Gedit as root user.
Example:
Great guide, I seem to be having a dependency problem :( Gotta love Beta Release ;)
uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.6.11-3.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 17 21:35:39 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-4.1-amd64:desktop-4.1-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:printing-4.1-amd64:printing-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Fedora
Description: Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow)
Release: 18
Codename: SphericalCow
rpm -qa glib\* | sort
glib2-2.34.2-1.fc18.x86_64
glibc-2.16-28.fc18.x86_64
glibc-common-2.16-28.fc18.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.16-28.fc18.x86_64
glibc-headers-2.16-28.fc18.x86_64
glibmm24-2.34.1-1.fc18.x86_64
glib-networking-2.34.2-1.fc18.x86_64
When I ran the yum line for the 32-bit dependencies, I ran into this:
Error: Package: glibc-2.16-24.fc18.i686 (fedora)
Requires: glibc-common = 2.16-24.fc18
Installed: glibc-common-2.16-28.fc18.x86_64 (@updates-testing)
glibc-common = 2.16-28.fc18
Available: glibc-common-2.16-24.fc18.x86_64 (fedora)
glibc-common = 2.16-24.fc18
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
:( I need Skype for work. Any ideas?
Hi MindlessJohnny,
You have glibc-common x86_64 package installed from updates-testing repo, this is normal when you use Fedora 18 Alpha, Beta or TC.
So install all Skype dependencies with following command:
Thanks for the suggestion, after Googling around after reading this and being super frustrated, I found the command:
yum sync-distroAnd it downgraded everything back to what it needed to be. Skype 4.1 works flawlessly on my F18 machine now. Thanks!! :)
Hi MindlessJohnny,
Yes, yum distro-sync is a another alternative, if downgrading packages is ok. :)
Excellent to hear that you got Skype working on your system! :)
Thanks! Working excellent on my Fedora 18 (final version).
Works like a charm !
Isn’t it easier to do:
yum localinstall skype-4.1.0.20-fedora.i586.rpmWorks perfectly for Fedora 18 x86_64!
Hi boyan,
Yes, it’s easier to use RPM on latest Fedora versions, but this is more universal method, which works also with CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL) and Scientific Linux (SL). But you are right, maybe I should add this method for Fedora 18/17/16 users. :)
You are right. thanks!
The first comment never got resolved and I’m havig the same issue.
Command line error: no such option: –trust-server-names
OK disregard, I had to install wget. Duh! LOL
Everything else went fine
Hi there,
I am kind of new to Linux and after I followed all the steps from the tutorial I got the following error:
Bash: /usr/bin/skype: permission denied
I am using fedora18 64bit
Can someone help here.
Got it! Just changed the permissions on the skype file…. long time with using linux :(
Thanks a lot for the tutorial.
having same problem as others getting; /usr/bin/skype: line 4: ”/opt/skype”/skype: No such file or directory. When i enter skype into terminal, because it won’t boot from activities.
Linux anonymous.westell.com 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
bash: lsb_release: command not found…
glib2-2.34.2-2.fc18.i686
glib2-2.34.2-2.fc18.x86_64
glibc-2.16-28.fc18.i686
glibc-2.16-28.fc18.x86_64
glibc-common-2.16-28.fc18.x86_64
glibmm24-2.34.1-1.fc18.x86_64
glib-networking-2.34.2-1.fc18.x86_64
Hi there I am having this problem with fedora 18:
/usr/bin/skype: line 4: ”/opt/skype”/skype: No such file or directory
I followed directions above to a T
Hi Bryan,
Could you post output of following command:
I am new to linux, fedora, all of the above… I am getting the following error when I type “skype” in terminal:
[root@localhost /]# skype
/opt/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libtiff.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I have tried step 1.5 and messed around so much, I don’t know what else to do.
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.7.5-201.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jan 28 19:54:41 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Thank you for the guide though. I feel like I’m close to it working! lol
HI!! I tryed to install this and it worked, but I can’t launch it by cliking the skype icon, I have to go to the command line and write these lines
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME=”/opt/skype”
$SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
otherwise it won’t work… can you tell me how to, based on this tutorial, remove skype in order to install it by fedora utils??? I’m using fedora 18, thanks!!
Hi NM,
If running those lines on command line work, then also your /usr/bin/skype should work, right?
If you want to remove this installation then just remove /opt/skype, all symbolic links and /usr/bin/skype file.
Thanks for the help!!! I follow the instructions and now, I have skype on my Fedora 18 64 bits!
Thanks for this JR! A very complete and clean install, and your instructions worked perfectly on Fedora 18. Good job!
Thanks!!
Excellent post, thanks for the guide.
I keep getting this error: /opt/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libXss.so.1: file too short
I do yum provides “” and find that I already have it installed. Uninstalling and reinstalling the X screen saver library does not help either. I looked at the file in the library and it is empty. What is odd about this to me is that I have already installed skype successfully on Fedora 18… dunno what is happening here.
Hi TJR,
Could you post output of following commands:
Thanks for getting back to me!
[root@moon Downloads]# uname -a
Linux moon 3.8.2-206.fc18.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Mar 8 15:03:34 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@moon Downloads]# lsb_release -a
bash: lsb_release: command not found…
[root@moon Downloads]# ls -la /lib/libXss*
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Mar 12 11:28 /lib/libXss.so.1 -> libXss.so.1.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 10600 Jul 20 2012 /lib/libXss.so.1.0.0
[root@moon Downloads]# rpm -qa libXScrn\*
libXScrnSaver-1.2.2-2.fc18.i686
libXScrnSaver-1.2.2-2.fc18.x86_64
I also think I may have made a mistake, because when I would reinstall the package that provided the needed library file, another missing one would emerge. Soon it was leading me down a rabbit hole of library roullette. This is a brand new install, and I would be amenable to reinstalling the OS just to get thing back to normal, if necessary.
Hi again TJR,
I tested this guide on clean installed Fedora 18 and it works just like before with libXScrnSaver-1.2.2-2 so it’s hard to say why you get this error. But if you can do clean install, then it could be easiest way to resolve this strange library problem.
worked very well, thanks for all the work you put into it!
Worked well with me!!! RH6. Thanks so much guys!!!
Hi, I install the skype, but when I am trying to run, I am getting error on Centos 6
root@artur lib]# skype
/opt/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXv.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Hi Artur,
Could you post output of following commands:
Very nice job on the howto! Got me going on Scientific Linux 6.3 lickety-split.
here is the output
[root@artur Desktop]# uname -a
Linux artur 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:19:21 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@artur Desktop]# rpm -qa libXv
libXv-1.0.5-1.el6.x86_64
[root@artur Desktop]#
Hi Artur,
Did you installed all 32-bit dependencies in step 1.2?
Run following command (as root):
yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686am installing skype4.1 on Fedora14 but last time so following error–
[root@MC_L1 maths]# $SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
bash: /skype: No such file or directory
[root@MC_L1 maths]#
[root@MC_L1 maths]# $SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
/opt/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtWebKit.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[root@MC_L1 maths]#
Hi Rahul,
On Fedora 14, try to install qt-webkit package:
yum install qt-webkit.i686Awesomely helpful!
Thats what happened when I run the command as a root
Protected multilib versions: libSM-1.2.1-2.el6.i686 != libSM-1.1.0-7.1.el6.x86_64
Error: Protected multilib versions: zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.i686 != zlib-1.2.3-27.el6.x86_64
Error: Protected multilib versions: libXrender-0.9.7-2.el6.i686 != libXrender-0.9.5-1.el6.x86_64
Error: Protected multilib versions: libXrandr-1.4.0-1.el6.i686 != libXrandr-1.3.0-4.el6.x86_64
Error: Protected multilib versions: pulseaudio-libs-0.9.21-14.el6_3.i686 != pulseaudio-libs-0.9.21-13.el6.x86_64
Error: Protected multilib versions: libstdc++-4.4.7-3.el6.i686 != libstdc++-4.4.6-4.el6.x86_64
Error: Protected multilib versions: libXScrnSaver-1.2.2-2.el6.i686 != libXScrnSaver-1.2.0-1.el6.x86_64
Error: Protected multilib versions: libXi-1.6.1-3.el6.i686 != libXi-1.3-3.el6.x86_64
Error: Protected multilib versions: libXv-1.0.7-2.el6.i686 != libXv-1.0.5-1.el6.x86_64
You could try using –skip-broken to work around the problem
** Found 1 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), ‘yum check’ output follows:
1:emacs-23.1-21.el6_2.3.x86_64 has missing requires of libotf.so.0()(64bit)
I do not know how to resolve the problem?
any sugestions.
Thanks a lot
Hi Artur,
Try following:
And then try to install those packages again, is it working then?
Hi..I’m struggling here, worst part is that I’m impatient…please someone help..
trying to use fedora 17, and I don’t know which skype I’m installing…woah that sounds lame :/
my problem:
[root@localhost bin]# skype
./skype: line 3: /opt/skype/skype: No such file or directory
[root@localhost bin]# cat /usr/bin/skype
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME=”/opt/skype”
$SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
[root@localhost bin]# ls -la /opt/skype
total 8
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Mar 31 04:29 .
drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 Mar 31 04:29 ..
Hi No_comprendo,
Looks like you are missing whole /opt/skype directory content try installation again from step 1.4.
I’m mess :D I did it from 1.4 and now I get:
[root@localhost ~]# skype
/opt/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtWebKit.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
I’ve tried what you said to Rahul (if I’m not wrong) but it’s for Fedora 14, and I’m using Fedora 17…
Hi No_comprendo,
Install qtwebkit.i686 package:
yum install qtwebkit.i686This same info found also on step 1.2.