Dag Wieers wrote:
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Johnny Hughes wrote:
Andrew Allen wrote:
On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 03:47 +0100, Dag Wieers wrote:
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Andrew Allen wrote:
On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:06 -0800, James A. Peltier wrote:
Andrew Allen wrote: > Having just upgraded my system from CentOS 4.4 to 5.0, I'm a bit > disappointed that I still can't install skype from the skype repo using > yum - when I try yum install skype, I end up with: > > libsigc++20-2.0.17-1.el5. 100% |=========================| 217 kB > 00:13 > ---> Package libsigc++20.i386 0:2.0.17-1.el5.rf set to be updated > --> Running transaction check > --> Processing Dependency: qt4-x11 >= 4.2 for package: skype > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > Error: Missing Dependency: qt4-x11 >= 4.2 is needed by package skype > > Any ideas please as to how this can be overcome so that I can install > and run this very useful utility? I had a hell of a time getting this to work. I ended up installing the older version of skype (1.3.0.53).
As far as usefulness goes, you may want to look at alternatives such as Ekiga, which are free, cross platform and use open standards. It's far less useful when it has had the video guts ripped out of it (which the GNU/Linux client does not support video).
Ekiga is in CentOS 5 base.
Thanks, Actually Ekiga is already installed in my CentOS 5 system - one question though - can I communicate with skype users via Ekiga?
How about using the Beta skype at:
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/choose/
The offer a package specially made for CentOS and you only require qt4. I installed it without any problems. Haven't tested the video-stuff yet though :/
Thanks Dag, Im a bit puzzled though because, according to my previous yum operation (see above), skype needs qt 4.2 (as the missing dependency error indicates) and the link above also says that the beta skype for CentOS needs qt 4.2.1+ - but yum list skype on my system says qt.i386 1:3.3.6-20.el5 installed Is this OK for the beta skype or do I need to update to qt.i386 1:3.3.6-23.el5 or what?
The RPMS in question are not designed for CentOS, but are designed for Fedora.
Skype makes a statically compiled version of the program. I use it every day on CentOS-5 without problem.
Upgrading to QT 4 is not, IMHO, a very good idea if you want other things to work that are compile against qt3 ... that is just my opinion.
Johnny,
CentOS offers both qt and qt4 packages on CentOS 5.
Thanks .. right, can install qt4 as well as qt ... let me see if I can make that work :D
Skype does make a CentOS package available that looks pretty much as if it has been build on CentOS as well. They even advertise it using the CentOS logo.
I see, for the newer Beta version. Thank you for pointing that out.
See the link for yourself:
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/choose/
Package installs without a problem.
[dag@rhun dag]# rpm -q skype skype-2.0.0.13-centos
Thank you very much for pointing out that new beta version. I will add that to the wiki as well.
Thanks, Johnny Hughes