Skype on Fedora 12
Howto install Skype on 64bit Fedora 12.
1. Set up the skype.repo
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/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
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-skype
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
2. run
yum install qt-x11.i686 qt.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXv.i686
3. run
yum install --nogpgcheck skype
This will get you Skype 2.1.0.81
Source from http://fedorasolved.org/multimedia-solutions/installing-skype
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on my prompt is comming the next wenn i install skype with.yum install qt-x11.i686 qt.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXv.i686
Total size: 126 M
Installed size: 367 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/lib/libavcodec.so.52 conflicts between attempted installs of ffmpeg-libs-0.5-5.20091026svn.fc12.i686 and libavcodec52-0.5.1-33_git20100404.fc12.i686
file /usr/lib/libpostproc.so.51.2.0 conflicts between attempted installs of libpostproc51-0.5.1-33_git20100404.fc12.i686 and ffmpeg-libs-0.5-5.20091026svn.fc12.i686
file /usr/lib/libavutil.so.50 conflicts between attempted installs of libavutil50-0.5.1-33_git20100404.fc12.i686 and ffmpeg-libs-0.5-5.20091026svn.fc12.i686
Error Summary
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[root@AMD fwhmjanssen]# yum install qt-x11.i686 qt.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXv.i686
I am on fedora 13, and I get errors too, not the same as yours, I think that the only thing you can do is to wait until the i686 versions match the x86_64 ones.