[CentOS] Skype For CentOS 6.4

[Mark LaPierre]

On 06/16/2013 05:36 PM, Mihai T. Lazarescu wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 05:00:16PM -0400, Mark LaPierre wrote:
>
>> On 06/16/2013 03:46 PM, Frank Cox wrote:
>>> On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:35:58 -0400
>>> Mark LaPierre wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey all.  Does anyone know if there is a newer version of Skype than
>>>> skype-2.1.0.81 available for CentOS 32 bit?  Recent updates to Skype on
>>>> other platforms has been causing video connection issues in the last few
>>>> weeks.
>>>
>>>    http://download.skype.com/linux/skype_static-4.0.0.8.tar.bz2
>>
>> [mlapier at mushroom skype_staticQT-4.0.0.8]$ ./skype
>> ./skype: error while loading shared libraries: libtiff.so.4: cannot open
>> shared object file: No such file or directory
>> [mlapier at mushroom skype_staticQT-4.0.0.8]$
>>
>> yum --enablerepo=* --disablerepo=c6-media whatprovides */libtiff.so.4
>> No Matches found
>>
>> That's not a viable solution.  When I downloaded the bzip I found that I
>> had already tried that before.  I figured that was a bad sign.
>
> I installed Skype 4.0 RPM from the Nux! repo usng YUM:
>
>      http://www.nux.ro/archive/2012/06/Skype_4_0_on_EL6__CentOS_Stella__ScientifixLinux__RHEL__PUIAS__update.html
>
> Mihai

I like this option even better.  I wish I knew about it before I 
followed the instructions on the http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com 
web page.




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