Re: The new skype-4.3.0.37 is out. Build your own rpm for Fedora 20

[Rick Stevens]

On 07/08/2014 11:51 AM, JD issued this missive:
> Well, I would like to see a fully open source and secure
> SIP app like skype.

Wow, JD. A simple google search would have revealed a lot on that front.

Some FOSS SIP servers:
Asterisk, FreeSWITCH, Mysipsqitch, OpenSER, sipX

Some FOSS SIP clients:
Ekiga, Linphone, Twinkle, Empathy, Blink, Jitsi, Kphone, PhoneGaim

AFAIK, none of the clients are compatible with the proprietary and
closed Skype system. There is a Pidgin plugin you can use with Skype's
IM mechanism should you want to use it (I do). Several of them can use
an encryption mechanism. Skype is no more secure than any Internet-
based app and, in fact, may be less so since it is proprietary and all
communications goes through Microsoft's servers (and God only knows what 
they do with the info).

I've used both Ekiga and Empathy quite a bit with an Asterisk SIP server
and they work quite well. I did use Twinkle, too, but that was long ago.
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 5:44 AM, Cristian Sava <[e-mail]
> > wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-06-20 at 21:01 +0630, Sudhir Khanger wrote:
>  > On Friday, June 20, 2014 01:28:13 PM Cristian Sava wrote:
>  > > Hi all,
>  > >
>  > > For those of you wanting skype.rpm for F20:
>  > > 1) Install the rpm building environment as shown here:
>  > >
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package#SPEC_example
>  > >
>  > > # yum install @development-tools
>  > > # yum install fedora-packager
>  > > # /usr/sbin/useradd makerpm
>  > > # usermod -a -G mock makerpm
>  > > # passwd makerpm
>  > > $ rpmdev-setuptree
>  > >
>  > > 2) Go to http://www.skype.com/ro/download-skype/skype-for-computer/
>  > > and chose "Dynamic" and download skype-4.3.0.37.tar.bz2 to
>  > > ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES directory
>  > >
>  > > 3) In the ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES make the file skype.desktop with this
>  > > content:
>  > >
>  > > [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
>  > >
>  > > 4) In ~/rpmbuild/SPECS make skype.spec with this content:
>  > >
>  > > # skype.spec for skype-4.3.0.37 (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: 4.3.0.37
>  > > 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
>  > > * Fri Jun 20 2014 Cristian Sava <[e-mail]
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> 4.3.0.37-1
>  > > - Version 4.3.0.37 (i686) for Fedora 20
>  > >
>  > > * Thu Feb 26 2014 Cristian Sava <[e-mail]
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> 4.2.0.13-1
>  > > - Version 4.2.0.13 (i686) for Fedora 20
>  > >
>  > > * Wed Jul 31 2013 Murilo Opsfelder Araujo <[e-mail]
> <mailto:[e-mail]>>
>  > > 4.2.0.11-1
>  > > - Initial version
>  > >
>  > > 5) Go to ~rpmbuild/SPECS and build your skype using
>  > > rpmbuild -ba --target=i686 skype.spec
>  > >
>  > > You will get skype-4.3.0.37-1.fc20.i686.rpm in
>  > > ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/i686 directory
>  > >
>  > > 6) Install it with
>  > > sudo yum update skype-4.3.0.37-1.fc20.i686.rpm
>  > >
>  > > That's all!
>  > > Good luck!
>  > >
>  > > C. Sava
>  >
>  > What is wrong with the official RPM?
>  >
>  > sudo yum -y install libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686
>  > pulseaudio-libs.i686 pulseaudio-libs-glib2.i686
> alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686
>  > qtwebkit.i686
>  >
>  > sudo yum install skype-<version>-fedora.i586.rpm
>  >
>  > works just fine.
> Feel free to do like
> http://tecadmin.net/install-skype-centos-rhel-fedora/#
> http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-skype-4-3-on-fedora-20-and-fedora-19/
> or any other way.
>
> C. Sava
>
>
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