On Fri, 2011-01-07 at 15:49 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Andre Robatino writes: > > > I install the skype RPM first, then try to run it. If I get an error complaining > > about not finding libasound.so.2, I run "locate libasound.so.2" which locates > > the corresponding 64-bit file (/lib64/libasound.so.2), then use "rpm -qf > > /lib64/libasound.so.2" to find which package it belongs to (alsa-lib.x86_64), > > then install the corresponding 32-bit package (alsa-lib.i686). Attempting to run > > skype again, I'll get the same type of error with a different library, so I > > repeat the process. After about a dozen iterations of this, it finally runs. > > This would probably work just as well using commands such as "yum install > > /lib/libasound.so.2" to let yum automatically identify the corresponding package. > > This is a packaging error in skype's RPM. > > If an rpm package is built properly, yum would be able to automatically > install all the prerequisites for you. > > Just like it works with any other Fedora package. 32 bit or 64 bit. > Actually, this is a long standing issue with Skype. In addition, their Linux client is woefully behind the others in terms of function and capabilities. That said, there are a number of sources out there with instructions on installing Skype on 64-bit F14. Try (for example): http://www.riccardoriva.com/archives/1091 The two key commands to get all of the dependencies - including sound - are: yum install -y qt-x11.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 ...and (to install Skype itself) yum install --nogpgcheck -y skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586.rpm Cheers, Chris -- ============================= "You see things as they are and ask, 'Why?' I dream things as they never were and ask, 'Why not?'" -- George Bernard Shaw -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
