Step 1 :
To install Skype on Centos first enable EPEL repo. Steps to enable EPEL Repository on CentOS:
# wget http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
# rpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
Step 2 :
Then install the dependency packages for skype
Note : Is better to run a yum update before the dependency installation.
# yum install libXv*
# yum install libXv.so.1
# yum install libXss.so.1
# yum install qt
# yum install libQtDBus.so.4
# yum install libQtWebKit.so.4
Step 3 :
Now download and extract Skype source
# cd /usr/src
# wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-dynamic
# tar -xjvf skype-4.3.0.37.tar.bz2
# mv skype-4.3.0.37 skype
# cd skype
# ./skype
Step 4 :
After the installation Export the GTK path in ~/.bash_profile
# vi ~/.bash_profile
export PATH
export GTK2_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
:wq!
Step 5 :
Then run
# source ~/.bash_profile
Now you can open Skype from your terminal
# skype
***** Thanks *****
Hi Sir,
ReplyDeleteAfter installed on centos 6.9,its opening asap enter login details,skype quite automatically.Please help.
Regards
Pankaj
Hi Pankaj
DeleteCan you please paste the /var/log/messages here