> While I do not normally recommend using statically compiled binaries or > installing programs that are not RPMS, in this case there is no real > choice, other than breaking your system by upgrading qt ... which I > would never recommend. > > I can not make a "Redistributable" RPM, as Skype is not GPL ... so > please don't ask :D > > But, what you can do is download the Linux "Static" version: > > http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-static > > You can put it in any directory initially (you will want to save it, I > personally put all non-RPM installed software in a directory under > /root/ so that I know what is installed ... Then you need to untar the > file like this (you need to be root to do this): > > ==================================== > COMMANDS > ==================================== > tar -xvjf skype_static-<version>.tar.bz2 > > cd skype_static-<version> > > mkdir /usr/share/skype > > cp -a * /usr/share/skype/ > > cd /usr/share/skype/ > > mv skype /usr/bin/ > > mv skype.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.d/ > > chown <your-username>.<your-group> skype.desktop > > mv skype.desktop ~<your-username>/Desktop > > ==================================== > END COMMANDS > ==================================== > > You should now see skype on your desktop, and you can right click the > launcher and change the icon (pictures in /usr/share/skype/icons) now. > > Thanks, > Johnny Hughes > Thanks Johnny, I'll try installing skype the way you suggest - and thanks to others who've sent helpful replies. One question though - don't want to appear stupid, but what exactly is qt - I don't think it's the kernel (is it) but it's obviously a major part of the OS? By the way, are these deficiencies resolved in CentOS 5, which I have on my laptop (CentOS 4.4 is on my PC)? Actually, I've just tried that and the launcher's now on my desktop - but how do I launch skype? When I (right) click on it nothing happens or try to launch from the command line, I get these errors: skype: error while loading shared libraries: libsigc-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Again thanks, Andy > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos