Installing SKYPE on FEDORA

Installing skype on Fedora could be a little tricky. I found out fast after spending about fifteen minutes yum-ming for the package.

A colleague was having trouble installing skype on his machine after a fresh installation of fedora 10. To kill time, I tried to help him.

We visited Skype site looking for the correct RPMs. All we could find was RPMS for Fedora 6 and 7. So upgrading to 10 was a mistake!

Google never ceases to amaze me! After a few minutes of googling we landed onthis page. At the bottom of the page, skype repository links were given. Here is how to yum install skype.

step 1: create a file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ by the name skype.repo with the following contents

[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

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

[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
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

step 2: open  a terminal and issue the following command as root user

$ yum install skype


cheers!!!

Sumit gupta
CSE Deptt.
NIT Durgapur

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