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? > > > > Andy > > > 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? Andy