1. Install Skype 4.3 on Fedora 23/22/21/20/19/18 and CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 7.2/6.7
1.1 Change root user
su
## OR ##
sudo -i
1.2 Install needed repositories
Needed only on CentOS/RHEL/SL
## CentOS 7, Red Hat (RHEL) 7 and Scientific Linux 7 ##
yum localinstall http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm
yum localinstall http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm
## CentOS 6, Red Hat (RHEL) 6 and Scientific Linux 6 ##
yum localinstall http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
1.3 Install Needed Dependencies
## Fedora 23/22 ##
dnf install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 qtwebkit.i686
## Fedora 21/20/19/18/17/16 and CentOS/RHEL 7.2/6.7 ##
yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 qtwebkit.i686
Same commands on multiple lines:
## Fedora 23/22 ##
dnf install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686
glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686
libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686
pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 qtwebkit.i686
## Fedora 21/20/19/18/17/16 and CentOS/RHEL 7.2/6.7 ##
yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686
glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686
libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686
pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 qtwebkit.i686
Additional dependencies for CentOS 6 / Red Hat (RHEL) 6 / Scientific Linux (SL) 6
yum install libcanberra-gtk2.i686 gtk2-engines.i686 PackageKit-gtk-module.i686
1.4 Download Skype 4.3 Dynamic
cd /tmp
## Skype 4.3 Dynamic for Fedora/CentOS/RHEL/SL ##
wget --trust-server-names http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-dynamic
1.5 Extract Skype
mkdir /opt/skype
## Extract Skype 4.3 ##
tar xvf skype-4.3* -C /opt/skype --strip-components=1
1.6 Create Launcher
## Link skype.desktop ##
ln -s /opt/skype/skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
## Link icons (copy and paste all rows at once) ##
## Thank you Andrej Podzimek for this code and idea ##
for icon in /opt/skype/icons/*; do
ressuffix="${icon##*_}"
res="${ressuffix%%.*}"
ln -s "$icon" /usr/share/icons/hicolor/"$res"/apps/skype.png
done
## Update gtk icon cache (needed at least Gnome/GTK envorinments) ##
gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/hicolor
## Create empty /usr/bin/skype file and set permissions ##
touch /usr/bin/skype
chmod 755 /usr/bin/skype
Open /usr/bin/skype with text editor and add following content:
Fedora 23/22/21/20/19/18 / CentOS 7 / Red Hat (RHEL) 7 / Scientific Linux (SL) 7
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype"
$SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
CentOS 6 / Red Hat (RHEL) 6 / Scientific Linux (SL) 6
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype"
export GTK2_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
$SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
If you you have problems to use command line editors, like vi/vim, nano, emacs, pico, joe, etc. then copy and paste following lines (exactly) to terminal to create /usr/bin/skype file.
Fedora 23/22/21/20/19/18 / CentOS 7 / Red Hat (RHEL) 7 / Scientific Linux (SL) 7
cat << EOF > /usr/bin/skype
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype"
$SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
EOF
CentOS 6 / Red Hat (RHEL) 6 / Scientific Linux (SL) 6
cat << EOF > /usr/bin/skype
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype"
export GTK2_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
$SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
EOF
2. Use Skype
2.1 Start Skype
From command line use skype command (as normal user!)
skype
From Desktop menu on Fedora 16 Gnome 3.2 Skype Launcher
From Desktop menu CentOS 6.2 Gnome 2 and Skype Launcher
2.2 Accept Skype End User License Agreement
2.3 Login Skype
Skype 4.3 Login