Skype installation

skype installation in Linux

recently i have installed skype on my fedora machine. please note my installation steps;

1. created a yum repository

[root@server1 ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
[root@server1 yum.repos.d]# cat skype.repo
[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc


[root@server1 yum.repos.d]# yum --nogpgcheck install skype
Dependencies Resolved

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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
skype i586 2.1.0.81-fc10 skype 19 M

Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package(s)
Upgrade 0 Package(s)

Total download size: 19 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Setting up and reading Presto delta metadata
Processing delta metadata
Package(s) data still to download: 19 M
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586 1/1

Installed:
skype.i586 0:2.1.0.81-fc10

Complete!
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23-05-2013:


MicroSoft released Skype 4.2 version for Linux users

yum remove skype skype-bin
yum install alsa-lib.i686 libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 pulseaudio-libs-glib2.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 qtwebkit.i686
cd /usr/local/src/
wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-4.2.0.11-fedora.i586.rpm
rpm -ivh skype-4.2.0.11-fedora.i586.rpm