Problem installing skype on purely x86_64 system

[Sieranski, Greg]

Sieranski, Greg wrote:
> I got tired of having i386 packages installed along with my 86_64 bit 
> ones so I remove all i386 packages to make my system purely 64 bit. So 
> far everything is running beautifully. The problem is I need skype and 
> I know in order to install it I will have to have the i386 packages it 
> depends on.  I have tried yum installing the .rpm as well as adding 
> the skype repo to my yum repository and every time i attempt to 
> install it i get this:
>
> Transaction Check Error:
>  package libxcb-1.0-4.fc8.x86_64 (which is newer than 
> libxcb-1.0-3.fc8.i386) is already installed
>  package mesa-libGLU-7.0.2-3.fc8.x86_64 (which is newer than 
> mesa-libGLU-7.0.1-7.fc8.i386) is already installed
>  package glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64 (which is newer than 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386) is already installed
>  package libselinux-2.0.43-1.fc8.x86_64 (which is newer than 
> libselinux-2.0.37-1.fc8.i386) is already installed
>  package qt4-4.3.3-1.fc8.x86_64 (which is newer than 
> qt4-4.3.2-1.fc8.i386) is already installed
>  package mesa-libGL-7.0.2-3.fc8.x86_64 (which is newer than 
> mesa-libGL-7.0.1-7.fc8.i386) is already installed
>  package nas-1.9.1-2.fc8.x86_64 (which is newer than 
> nas-1.9-4.fc8.i386) is already installed
>  package qt4-x11-4.3.3-1.fc8.x86_64 (which is newer than 
> qt4-x11-4.3.2-1.fc8.i386) is already installed
>  file /usr/share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/be at latin/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/bn/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/cy/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86_64
>  file /usr/share/locale/en_CA/LC_MESSAGES/glib20.mo from install of 
> glib2-2.14.2-1.fc8.i386 conflicts with file from package 
> glib2-2.14.6-1.fc8.x86
>
> There are a bunch more "conflicts with file" but you get the idea. 
> Does anyone know a way I can work around this?
>
> Thanks,
> Greg Sieranski
>
I tried installing the static skype but I get the following error:
$ ./skype
-bash: ./skype: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or 
directory

Can anyone help me with this?

thanks,
Greg Sieranski