Skype on FC5 - Failed Dependencies.

[Ninju]

Now, I've read from a number of sources that FC5 works absolutely fine with Skype, including these forums! However, I keep getting this error:


[alex@localhost Desktop]$ rpm -Uvh skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm
warning: skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID d66b746e
error: Failed dependencies:
libQtCore.so.4 is needed by skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586
libQtDBus.so.4 is needed by skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586
libQtGui.so.4 is needed by skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586
libQtNetwork.so.4 is needed by skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586
libsigc-2.0.so.0 is needed by skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586


If I try installing via yum I get similar errors (I've setup a skype repo as instructed by one site).


[root@localhost Desktop]# yum install skype
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core [1/4]
ftp://redhat.taygeta.com/pub/RedHat/fedora/core/5/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error]
Trying other mirror.
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
skype [2/4]
skype 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras [3/4]
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates [4/4]
updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:03
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 417 kB 00:34
updates : ################################################## 1164/1164
Added 161 new packages, deleted 96 old in 2.98 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package skype.i586 0:1.4.0.99-fc5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libQtGui.so.4 for package: skype
--> Processing Dependency: libQtDBus.so.4 for package: skype
--> Processing Dependency: libQtNetwork.so.4 for package: skype
--> Processing Dependency: libsigc-2.0.so.0 for package: skype
--> Processing Dependency: libQtCore.so.4 for package: skype
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: libQtGui.so.4 is needed by package skype
Error: Missing Dependency: libQtDBus.so.4 is needed by package skype
Error: Missing Dependency: libQtNetwork.so.4 is needed by package skype
Error: Missing Dependency: libsigc-2.0.so.0 is needed by package skype
Error: Missing Dependency: libQtCore.so.4 is needed by package skype


Basically, I need to install these dependencies. I've looked on Google for an hour or two now for an answer with no luck. I really suck at Googling :(

[Seve]

Hello:
Try
yum install qt4*

and give it a whirl again

Seve

[Ninju]

Hello:
Try
yum install qt4*

and give it a whirl again

Seve

Didn't work :(

I tried via yum and rpm, neither were any different than before.

[Seve]

Hello:
What didn't work ?
the

yum install qt4*

Seve

[Ninju]

Hello:
What didn't work ?
the

yum install qt4*

Seve

No that worked, but when I try to install Skype I still get the same failed dependency errors.

[Seve]

Hello:
It may be that FC5 is no longer supported ?
try
yum whatprovides libQtCore.so.4
and post the output.

Seve

[ppesci]

Package qt4-x11 >= 4.2

is required for that version of skype. Check with:

rpm -qa|grep qt4-x11

HTH

[Ninju]

Hello:
It may be that FC5 is no longer supported ?
try
yum whatprovides libQtCore.so.4
and post the output.

Seve

Here's the output.


[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# yum whatprovides libQtCore.so.4
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Searching Packages:
Setting up repositories
livna [1/5]
core [2/5]
updates [3/5]
skype [4/5]
extras [5/5]
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Importing additional filelist information
filelists.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 76 kB 00:00
livna : ################################################## 244/244
Added 244 new packages, deleted 0 old in 1.08 seconds


qt4.x86_64 4.3.0-1.fc5 extras
Matched from:
/usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4.3.0
/usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
/usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4.3
libQtCore.so.4()(64bit)


qt4.x86_64 4.3.0-1.fc5 installed
Matched from:
/usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4
/usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4.3
/usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4.3.0
libQtCore.so.4()(64bit)


Package qt4-x11 >= 4.2

is required for that version of skype. Check with:

rpm -qa|grep qt4-x11

HTH

Yep, it's a later version than 4.2.


[root@localhost yum.repos.d]# rpm -qa|grep qt4-x11
qt4-x11-4.3.0-1.fc5

[Wayne]

Support for FC5 was dropped in June and I don't think QT4 made it in there.

Wayne

[Ninju]

Umm... I hope that's not true, and I have read that people running fc5 have managed to get Skype up and running with no problem. Others have had problems but they're fixable. Anyway, I desperately need Skype installed, so do you think I might be able to do it via Wine if nothing else?

[Wayne]

I stand corrected. QT4 is in FC5 extras:

http://fr.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=qt4

Wayne

[ppesci]

You are running in 64 bits, I am running in 32 bits but this is the output of rpm -qR skype (what my installed and working skype requires) :

/bin/sh
/bin/sh
config(skype) = 1.4.0.99-fc5
libQtCore.so.4
libQtDBus.so.4
libQtGui.so.4
libQtNetwork.so.4
libX11.so.6
libasound.so.2
libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9)
libasound.so.2(ALSA_0.9.0rc4)
libc.so.6
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)
libgcc_s.so.1
libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0)
libgcc_s.so.1(GLIBC_2.0)
libm.so.6
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.0)
libpthread.so.0
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0)
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.1)
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.2)
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.3.2)
librt.so.1
libsigc-2.0.so.0
libstdc++.so.6
libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3)
libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3.1)
libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4)
libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.4)
qt4-x11 >= 4.2
rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1
rpmlib(PayloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1


May be this can help you.

BTW: My libraries are in /usr/lib. Your libs are in /usr/lib64. May be the installer is finding in /usr/lib and in you case, you haven't the libs in it. If you dont'n have /usr/lib, try to create a link, or if you have the /usr/lib directory, try to put in it, the link of the libraries to tell the installer you have.

Remember, skype rpm is not in fedora's repositories and can asume some incorrect things. That is my bet.

HTH

[FriedChips]

have you tried just installing it with --nodeps?

rpm -Uvh --nodeps skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm

[FriedChips]

actually try this first

yum install qt4-x11.i386
rpm -Uvh skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm

the package you are wanting to run is 32-bit but the libraries you have are 64-bit thus it MAY not want to use them

[Ninju]

You are running in 64 bits, I am running in 32 bits but this is the output of rpm -qR skype (what my installed and working skype requires) :

May be this can help you.

BTW: My libraries are in /usr/lib. Your libs are in /usr/lib64. May be the installer is finding in /usr/lib and in you case, you haven't the libs in it. If you dont'n have /usr/lib, try to create a link, or if you have the /usr/lib directory, try to put in it, the link of the libraries to tell the installer you have.

Remember, skype rpm is not in fedora's repositories and can asume some incorrect things. That is my bet.
HTH

Thanks for the help ppesci, but I need some more. I am a complete linux newbie so when you say "create a link" I'm not exactly sure what to do. I have a feint idea, but I tried that and it didn't help so I want to make sure I'm running the right command before dismissing the possible solution.


FriedChips:
I tried nodeps; the skype installation didn't bring up any missing dependency errors, obviously. However, when I try run skype, the missing dependency errors return :(

Dunno if this helps:


[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -Uvh --nodeps skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm
warning: skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID d66b746e
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package skype-1.4.0.99-fc5 is already installed
[root@localhost Desktop]# sky[e
> exit
>
[root@localhost Desktop]# skype
skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


also:

yum install qt4-x11.i386

No matching package was found, so that didn't help either unfortunately.

[ppesci]

ninju:

first: check if the files:

libQtCore.so.4
libQtDBus.so.4
libQtGui.so.4
libQtNetwork.so.4
libsigc-2.0.so.0

are located in the /usr/lib directory. If not, you can create a link dragging the icon of each file from the /usr/lib64 directory to the /usr/lib directory and selecting "link here". That's it if you are using KDE and can open Konqueror.

If you want to use a command line, you can use the commands (as root).

ln -s /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4 /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4

and so on with the other files.

Try to uninstall skype first with rpm:

rpm -e skype

and after you create the links, install again.

HTH

[Ninju]

ninju:

first: check if the files:

libQtCore.so.4
libQtDBus.so.4
libQtGui.so.4
libQtNetwork.so.4
libsigc-2.0.so.0

are located in the /usr/lib directory. If not, you can create a link dragging the icon of each file from the /usr/lib64 directory to the /usr/lib directory and selecting "link here". That's it if you are using KDE and can open Konqueror.

If you want to use a command line, you can use the commands (as root).

ln -s /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4 /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4

and so on with the other files.

Try to uninstall skype first with rpm:

rpm -e skype

and after you create the links, install again.

HTH

Nope, didn't work:


root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -e skype
[root@localhost Desktop]# ln -s /usr/lib64/libQtCore.so.4 /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4
[root@localhost Desktop]# ln -s /usr/lib64/libQtDBus.so.4 /usr/lib/libQtDBus.so.4
[root@localhost Desktop]# ln -s /usr/lib64/libQtGui.so.4 /usr/lib/libQtGui.so.4
[root@localhost Desktop]# ln -s /usr/lib64/libQtNetwork.so.4 /usr/lib/libQtNetwork.so.4
[root@localhost Desktop]# ln -s /usr/lib64/libsigc-2.0.so.0 /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0
[root@localhost Desktop]# ls
skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm SkypeSetup.exe trash.desktop
[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -Uvh skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm
warning: skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID d66b746e
error: Failed dependencies:
libQtCore.so.4 is needed by skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586
libQtDBus.so.4 is needed by skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586
libQtGui.so.4 is needed by skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586
libQtNetwork.so.4 is needed by skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586
libsigc-2.0.so.0 is needed by skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586


:(

[FriedChips]

Thanks for the help ppesci, but I need some more. I am a complete linux newbie so when you say "create a link" I'm not exactly sure what to do. I have a feint idea, but I tried that and it didn't help so I want to make sure I'm running the right command before dismissing the possible solution.


FriedChips:
I tried nodeps; the skype installation didn't bring up any missing dependency errors, obviously. However, when I try run skype, the missing dependency errors return :(

Dunno if this helps:


[root@localhost Desktop]# rpm -Uvh --nodeps skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm
warning: skype-1.4.0.99-fc5.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID d66b746e
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package skype-1.4.0.99-fc5 is already installed
[root@localhost Desktop]# sky[e
> exit
>
[root@localhost Desktop]# skype
skype: error while loading shared libraries: libQtDBus.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


also:

yum install qt4-x11.i386

No matching package was found, so that didn't help either unfortunately.


I think at this point I would find a way to enable the fedora 7 repo's just for this install. DO NOT LEAVE IT ENABLED!!!! Make sure it is set to enabled=0 so it doesn't try to update or install other things from 7, then:

yum install skype --enablerepo=fedora7 #make sure you name it fedora7 in the conf

[Ninju]

I think at this point I would find a way to enable the fedora 7 repo's just for this install. DO NOT LEAVE IT ENABLED!!!! Make sure it is set to enabled=0 so it doesn't try to update or install other things from 7, then:

yum install skype --enablerepo=fedora7 #make sure you name it fedora7 in the conf

In the conf? Umm... where's that? I'm a complete linux newbie so apologies for the somewhat stupid questions.

[FriedChips]

I'm at a windows box right now but I will try to get something together for you when I get home but if you look around in the /etc/ folder you should see a yum.conf look in there for some info

cat /etc/yum.conf

also I'm not sure if there is a man page but there could be try
man yum.conf
that could get you some pretty good info.

[Ninju]

I'm at a windows box right now but I will try to get something together for you when I get home but if you look around in the /etc/ folder you should see a yum.conf look in there for some info

cat /etc/yum.conf

also I'm not sure if there is a man page but there could be try
man yum.conf
that could get you some pretty good info.

Okay, so I hate to keep asking questions like this, but I'm really unsure as to what I need to do. I've posted the output of those two commands below:


[alex@localhost etc]$ cat yum.conf
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
metadata_expire=1800

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d


[alex@localhost etc]$ man yum.conf
yum.conf(5) yum configuration file yum.conf(5)

NAME
yum.conf - Configuration file for yum(8).

DESCRIPTION
Yum uses a configuration file at /etc/yum.conf.

Additional configuration files are also read from the directories set
by the reposdir option (default is ‘/etc/yum.repos.d’ and
‘/etc/yum/repos.d’). See the reposdir option below for further
details.

PARAMETERS
There are two types of sections in the yum configuration file(s): main
and repository. Main defines all global configuration options. There
should be only one main section. The repository section(s) define the
configuration for each repository/server. There should be one or more
repository sections.

[main] OPTIONS
The [main] section must exist for yum to do anything. It consists of
the following options:


Thanks for all your help so far.

[david6477]

Ninju,

I don't know if you are still looking for a solution to this or not, but I thought putting my answer in might help someone else if you don't need it anymore.

I too had the same problem as you. I had the exact same failed dependencies. I have a 64 bit system rather than a 32bit system, and this is where the problem lies. I, however, am running Fedora 7, but the concept is still the same.

Some applications don't like a 64-bit system yet. They expect 32-bits. Seems Skype is one of these. All of your 64-bit libraries are installed in /usr/lib64/, but skype doesn't know to look there (as has been established in this thread). It's looking in /usr/lib/, which is where all of your 32-bit libraries are. Even linking the libraries in /usr/lib64 as you did doesn't work. I tried the same thing. The skype rpm probably looks in /usr/lib/, sees the libraries, but doesn't know how to understand them, as they are for a 64bit system. So, it says it can't find the libraries, and you and I get the error.

So, the solution is to install the 32-bit version of all the dependencies! I choose to do this via the KDE application called Add/Remove Software (go to KDE start icon -> System, it's at the top of the menu) because I am no expert at using yum, and I do know that if you don't get the name just right (I think even including version), yum doesn't install anything. I think this is what happened when you tried to install qt4-X11.i386 via yum. I don't think the name was correct, so it didn't find any packages to install.

First, you should probably remove the links that you created in /usr/lib, just to be sure. Then, move on to what I did in order to get skype to work.

Anyway, in the Add/Remove Software screen (after entering the root password), I clicked on the Search tab in the middle, and typed in "Qt" (without the quotes) and hit Enter. It finds ALOT of packages. Scroll down to qt4. You'll notice that you probably have some already installed (will have green check marks by them). They will probably all end in .x86_64. This means the 64bit version is installed. What skype needs is the ones that end in .i386. these are the 32-bit versions. So, for Qt, I needed to install "qt4 - 4.3.1-3.fc7.i386" and "qt4-X11 - 4.3.1-3.fc7.i386". I imagine that yours would look similiar, except fc7 will probably be fc5. The point, though, is that you need to install the i386 versions of qt4 and qt4-X11. Click on the empty boxes next to these packages, and click Apply to install them. This takes care of all the libQt failed dependencies.

To install the 32-bit version of libsigc, go back to the Search tab again, and type in "libsigc", again, without the quotes. This list is a lot smaller than the Qt list. I installed both "libsigc++ - 1.2.7-4.fc6.i386" and "libsigc++20 - 2.0.17-2.i386". I think we only need the 2.0 one, but I'm paranoid, I suppose... Once again, yours will probably look different, but the object is to install the i386 version of libsigc++ that has a version of 2.0.x on it. Install it by check marking it, and clicking Apply.

Now, if you choose, you can look in /usr/lib, and you will see all the files that skype had complained about not being able to find. From here, I ran the skype rpm without a problem, and skype itself runs beautifully!

I hope this helps! Someone else, if they choose, could tell us how we could have done this by the command line using yum. I've just found it insanely easier to use Add/Remove Software when I don't know the actual name of something that I am installing.

Cheers!

[Hodgeheg]

Fedora (11) 64-bit command-line install for the 32-bit packages
yum install libsigc++ libsigc++.i586 qt.i586 qt
Install skype :)

HTH