Is it possible to install Skype on Fedora 11 ?

Thu Jul 23 11:25:25 UTC 2009

The installer worked just fine for me.
Make sure you have the following packages installed:

    * Qt 4.2.1+
    * D-Bus 1.0.0
    * libsigc++ 2.0.2
    * libasound2 1.0.12   (I dont have this installed...)

Or try this guide:

http://www.tekkie.ro/computer-setup/easiest-way-to-get-skype-on-fedora-11/

On 07/23/2009 01:58 PM, Mark Ryden wrote:
> Hello,
>    I tried to install Skype on Fedora 11 on a 64 bit machine (x86_64).
> I downloaded the rpm from Skype
> website and tried to install. There is no rpm for f11 in  Skype
> website. Only rpms
> for fedora 6 and 7; See:
> http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/choose/
>
> so I downloaded the rpm for fedora 7.
> These rpms (also for Fedora 6)  are for 32 bit machines. So when
> trying to install the skype rpm,
> I get errors which tell me that I need to install qt 32 bit.
> The errors I get are :
> ...
>         libQtCore.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.72...
> 	libQtDBus.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.72...
> 	libQtGui.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.72...
> ...
>
> So I tried to install qt for 32 bit, and it failed with Transaction Check Error:
>
> yum install qt.i386
>
> ....
> ....
>
> Running Transaction Test
> Finished Transaction Test
>
>
> Transaction Check Error:
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/assistant_adp_de.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/assistant_adp_zh_CN.qm from install
> of qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/assistant_adp_zh_TW.qm from install
> of qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/assistant_de.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/assistant_zh_CN.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/assistant_zh_TW.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/designer_de.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/designer_ja.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/designer_pl.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/designer_zh_CN.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/designer_zh_TW.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/linguist_zh_CN.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/linguist_zh_TW.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_de.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_help_de.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_help_zh_CN.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_help_zh_TW.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_zh_CN.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/qt_zh_TW.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/qtconfig_zh_CN.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/qtconfig_zh_TW.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_zh_CN.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>    file /usr/share/qt4/translations/qvfb_zh_TW.qm from install of
> qt-1:4.5.1-13.fc10.i386 conflicts with file from package
> qt-1:4.4.3-2.fc10.x86_64
>
> Error Summary
> -------------
>
> Any ideas what should I do ?
>
> Rgs,
> Mark
>
>    

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