[SOLVED] How do I install Skype 4 onto Fedora 17, x86_64

[Apothem]

I can't seem to install it. I tried downloading it and then doing a rpm -Uvh, and even a yum install http://..../skype-4-....

No matter what it seems to fail. I keep on getting the error "Error: Protected multilib versions" on multiple packages.

I have also found that some people were able to install "alien" and then convert the Ubuntu 64 bit deb package into an RPM which they used to install. I couldn't seem to get this "alien" installed by installing html2text and their deb RPM package either.

Can someone please give me some guidence?

[flyingfsck]

Howdy,

The main problem with Skype is that it is a 32 bit application, so it is a bit troublesome to install on 64 bit Linux.

Alien is a Perl program and you can get it from here: http://joeyh.name/code/alien/

[zuser]

Try AutoPlus to install and then in Skype check for and install update. I am on a new laptop and 4.0 seems to work fine. I have been using Skype on 64 bit laptops for several years, just need to have the 32 bit lib files installed.

[smr54]

The issue is the autoprotect. For most of us, 64 bit Skype is installing without any problems. Download the rpm, run yum install <path-to-rpm> and it's installing, pulling in all necessary libraries. Try using yum instead of rpm and see if you still get the error. If you do, then

yum update --setopt=protected_multilib=false

should work and shouldn't break anything.

DISCLAIMER--there's always possibility of breakage, but the one or two times I've had to do this, it was fine.

[Apothem]

Thanks smr54; that seems to have fixed it.

[smr54]

Great, glad to hear it. As you're the thread starter, you can mark it solved by clicking thread tools at the top of the thread.