How I install skype on fedora 10

[azastro]

Hi all,

I have no question, I only want write topic
"howto install skype on fedora 10"

I have the computer with Fedora 10:

uname -a
Linux bee.mail.ru 2.6.27.5-117.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 18 11:58:53 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

• I download skype_static-1.4.0.118.tar.bz2 (http://puppylinux.ca/members/Skype/s....0.118.tar.bz2)

• unpack.
  root@bee.mail.ru# mkdir -p /opt/skype;tar xjvf skype_static-1.4.0.118.tar.bz2 -C /opt/skype (root)

• someuser@bee.mail.ru$cd /opt/skype/skype_static-1.4.0.118 (not root)
  
  someuser@bee.mail.ru$ldd ./skype(not root)
  linux-gate.so.1 => (0x00110000)
  libasound.so.2 => /lib/libasound.so.2 (0x00111000)
  libSM.so.6 => not found
  libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x001fb000)
  libXi.so.6 => not found
  libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x0021e000)
  libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00227000)
  libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x0022e000)
  libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00233000)
  libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x0023d000)
  libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/freetype-freeworld/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00240000)
  libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x002d3000)
  libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x00302000)
  libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00312000)
  librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0x00413000)
  libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x0041d000)
  libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00422000)
  libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x0043c000)
  libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00442000)
  libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00532000)
  libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x0055b000)
  libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00c16000)
  libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0x00569000)
  libexpat.so.1 => not found (0x0056d000)
  libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00594000)
  libxcb-xlib.so.0 => /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 (0x00597000)
  libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x00599000)
  /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00bf1000)
  libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x005b5000)
  

• You can see that there are not enough dinamical library
  I this case not enouth libexpat.so.1 libXi.so.6 libSM.so.6 (not found).

Find and install need library.

• go to url http://rpm.pbone.net/ and select "Fedora 10" checkbox. and search the libexpat.so.1. The result show that we need package
  
  Fedora 10 download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/expat-2.0.1-5.i386.rpm
  
  someuser@bee.mail.ru$yum search expat (not root)
  
  find the package name (expat.i386) and than
  
  root@bee.mail.ru#yum install expat.i386(root)

and so ... for every need library. ( libXi.so.6 libSM.so.6 in our case)

• After all operation. Start skype!!
  someuser@bee.mail.ru$/opt/skype/skype_static-1.4.0.118/skype(not root)

• Add alias in ~someuser/.bashrc file
  alias skype="/opt/skype/skype_static-1.4.0.118/skype --resources=/opt/skype/skype_static-1.4.0.118/skype"
  
  or add icon to Desktop with this command.

Its work!!! Use it. (may be you need configurate in kmix microphone section)

Skype -- connecting people!

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