Dag Wieers wrote: > 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. > Thanks .. right, can install qt4 as well as qt ... let me see if I can make that work :D > 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. I see, for the newer Beta version. Thank you for pointing that out. > > 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 Thank you very much for pointing out that new beta version. I will add that to the wiki as well. Thanks, Johnny Hughes
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