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Skype allows people to communicate with each other by messaging, voice calling and video calling over internet. Skype also provides services for phone calls on the telephone networks. Everybody can call on Skype network free of charge there is no limit of call, on the other side Skype charge users for calling to land-line and mobile phones. Skype becomes popular among users for its additional features, like file sharing, screen sharing, video conferencing.

To install Skype in Fedora open Terminal and enter following commands in Terminal:
  • su && yum -y install qtwebkit.i686 qt-mobility.i686 alsa-lib.i686 libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt-x11.i686
  • wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-4.1.0.20-fedora.i586.rpm
  • rpm -ivh skype-4.1.0.20-fedora.i586.rpm


To install Skype in CentOS/RedHat open Terminal and enter following commands in Terminal:
  • su && 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
  • wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-4.0.0.8.tar.bz2
  • mkdir /opt/skype
  • tar xvf skype_static* -C /opt/skype --strip-components=1
  • cd /usr/lib
  • ln -s libtiff.so.3 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4
  • ln -s /opt/skype/skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
  • ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/icons/skype.png
  • ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/pixmaps/skype.png
  • touch /usr/bin/skype
  • chmod 755 /usr/bin/skype
Now enter following command to open text file and copy the following code in text file:
  • nano /usr/bin/skype
#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype"
$SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*

That's it 

source : Techlw

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