can't find skype for Fedora 20

[Cristian Sava]

On Wed, 2014-05-28 at 14:31 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 05/28/2014 01:08 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > On 05/28/2014 09:58 AM, Robert Moskowitz issued this missive:
> >> I have rpmfusion-free and rpmfusion-nonfree repos set up.  When I do a
> >>
> >> yum whatprovides skype
> >>
> >> I get No matches found.
> >
> > As far as I know, there is no Skype RPM for F20. You have to go to the
> > skype website and install their latest. Looking at my F20 machines, I
> > have skype-4.0.0.11-fc16.i586 installed both.
> 
> I just did a google search for skype for Fedora 20 and got taken to a 
> skype.com page that allows me to download an rpm for Fedora 16 (or that 
> is what the dropdown says).  And the rpm is:
> 
> skype-4.2.0.13-fc16
> 
> we will see how it goes.  I am suppose to call a colleague tomorrow via 
> skype.
> 
> 
Please, build it yourself. Download use these skype.desktop and
skype.spec:

---- skype.desktop goes in .../SOURCES ----

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Skype
Comment=Skype Internet Telephony
Exec=env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 skype %U
Icon=skype.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Network;Application;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/skype;
X-KDE-Protocols=skype

---- skype.spec goes in .../SPECS ----

# skype.spec for skype-4.2.0.13 (x32)
#
# Build with: rpmbuild -ba --target=i686 skype.spec
#
# Original skype.spec for 4.2.0.11
# https://github.com/mopsfelder/skype-rpm/blob/master/skype.spec

#%global debug_package %{nil}

Name: skype
Version: 4.2.0.13
Release: 1%{?dist}
Summary: Skype is a free Internet telephony from Microsoft

License: Commercial
URL: http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/
Source0: %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2

Requires: alsa-lib
Requires: glibc
Requires: libgcc
Requires: libpng
Requires: libX11
Requires: libXext
Requires: libXScrnSaver
Requires: libXv
Requires: libstdc++
Requires: qt >= 4.6
Requires: qt-x11
Requires: qtwebkit

#ExcludeArch: x86_64
#AutoReqProv: no

%description
Skype is a free Internet telephony from Microsoft.

%prep
%setup -q

%build

%install
rm -rf %{buildroot}
%{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}
%{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
%{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications
%{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
%{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d

%{__cp} %{name} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}
%{__cp} %{name}.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d
%{__cp} %{name}.desktop %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications

# Resources
for DIR in avatars lang sounds; do
    %{__cp} -r $DIR %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
done

# Icons
for SIZE in 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 256; do
    %{__mkdir_p} %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/${SIZE}x
${SIZE}/apps
    %{__cp} icons/SkypeBlue_${SIZE}x${SIZE}.png \
        %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/${SIZE}x
${SIZE}/apps/%{name}.png
done

%files
%defattr(0755,root,root,0755)
%{_bindir}/%{name}
%defattr(0644,root,root,0755)
%{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d/%{name}.conf
%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
%{_datadir}/%{name}/avatars/*
%{_datadir}/%{name}/lang/*
%{_datadir}/%{name}/sounds/*
%{_datadir}/icons/*
%dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/avatars
%dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/lang
%dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/sounds
%dir %{_datadir}/%{name}
%doc LICENSE README third-party_attributions.txt

%changelog
* Thu Feb 26 2014 Cristian Sava <cristis53 at gmail.com> 4.2.0.13-1
- Version 4.2.0.13 (i686) for Fedora 20

* Wed Jul 31 2013 Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <mopsfelder at gmail.com>
4.2.0.11-1
- Initial version

Good luck!
C. Sava