On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> Andrew Allen wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 03:47 +0100, Dag Wieers wrote:
> >> On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Andrew Allen wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:06 -0800, James A. Peltier wrote:
> >>>> Andrew Allen wrote:
> >>>>> Having just upgraded my system from CentOS 4.4 to 5.0, I'm a bit
> >>>>> disappointed that I still can't install skype from the skype repo using
> >>>>> yum - when I try yum install skype, I end up with:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> libsigc++20-2.0.17-1.el5. 100% |=========================| 217 kB
> >>>>> 00:13
> >>>>> ---> Package libsigc++20.i386 0:2.0.17-1.el5.rf set to be updated
> >>>>> --> Running transaction check
> >>>>> --> Processing Dependency: qt4-x11 >= 4.2 for package: skype
> >>>>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> >>>>> Error: Missing Dependency: qt4-x11 >= 4.2 is needed by package skype
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Any ideas please as to how this can be overcome so that I can install
> >>>>> and run this very useful utility?
> >>>> I had a hell of a time getting this to work. I ended up installing the
> >>>> older version of skype (1.3.0.53).
> >>>>
> >>>> As far as usefulness goes, you may want to look at alternatives such as
> >>>> Ekiga, which are free, cross platform and use open standards. It's far
> >>>> less useful when it has had the video guts ripped out of it (which the
> >>>> GNU/Linux client does not support video).
> >>>>
> >>>> Ekiga is in CentOS 5 base.
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Actually Ekiga is already installed in my CentOS 5 system - one question
> >>> though - can I communicate with skype users via Ekiga?
> >> How about using the Beta skype at:
> >>
> >> http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/choose/
> >>
> >> The offer a package specially made for CentOS and you only require qt4. I
> >> installed it without any problems. Haven't tested the video-stuff yet
> >> though :/
> >>
> > Thanks Dag,
> > Im a bit puzzled though because, according to my previous yum operation
> > (see above), skype needs qt 4.2 (as the missing dependency error
> > indicates) and the link above also says that the beta skype for CentOS
> > needs qt 4.2.1+ - but yum list skype on my system says
> > qt.i386 1:3.3.6-20.el5 installed
> > Is this OK for the beta skype or do I need to update to
> > qt.i386 1:3.3.6-23.el5
> > or what?
>
> The RPMS in question are not designed for CentOS, but are designed for
> Fedora.
>
> Skype makes a statically compiled version of the program. I use it
> every day on CentOS-5 without problem.
>
> Upgrading to QT 4 is not, IMHO, a very good idea if you want other
> things to work that are compile against qt3 ... that is just my opinion.
Johnny,
CentOS offers both qt and qt4 packages on CentOS 5.
Skype does make a CentOS package available that looks pretty much as if it
has been build on CentOS as well. They even advertise it using the CentOS
logo.
See the link for yourself:
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/beta/choose/
Package installs without a problem.
[dag@rhun dag]# rpm -q skype
skype-2.0.0.13-centos
Kind regards,
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