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Re: [rhelv5-list] skype on rhel 5.1

Nikolas Lam

2008-02-24

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http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Skype

Basically you get the binary rpm from skype, get the rpm key from the
alternative austrian site mentioned in the howto, then "yum
localinstall" the rpm and all the necessary dependencies will be pulled
down automatically.

I didn't need to do anything else.

Nik




On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 17:57 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Alois Treindl wrote:
> > found it, will try
> >
> > http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/choose/
> > there is a link labeled 'static' lower right of the variant list
> >
> >
> > Alois Treindl wrote:
> >> Ed Greshko wrote:
> >>> Ed Greshko wrote:
> >>>> Alois Treindl wrote:
> >>>>> Thanks for any help or reports about experience with skype on RHEL.
> >>>>
> >>>> Not tried it.... I should....
> >>>
> >>> FWIW, the tar'd static versions work fine on 5.1. Just installed and
> >>> tested.
> >>
> >> you mean tar'ed static version of skype?
> >>
> >> Where to find?
> >>
> >> There seems to be a skype 2.0 beta for Linux, which includes video.
> >> This is actually the one I am interested in, not the rather old skype 1.4
>
> http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/beta/choose/
>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > rhelv5-list@(protected)
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
>
>

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