Skype 2 and F8

[Robert L Cochran]

Mike C wrote:
> If anyone is using Skype 2 in F8 be aware that the rpm method of installing
> Skype 2 will fail - 
>
> See:
>
> [root at home1 skype-2.0.0.13]# rpm -ivh skype-2.0.0.13-fc5.i586.rpm
> warning: skype-2.0.0.13-fc5.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, 
> key ID d66b746e
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libQtCore.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.13-fc5.i586
>         libQtDBus.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.13-fc5.i586
>         libQtGui.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.13-fc5.i586
>         libQtNetwork.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.13-fc5.i586
>         qt4-x11 >= 4.2 is needed by skype-2.0.0.13-fc5.i586
>
> But - then:
> [root at home1 skype-2.0.0.13]# yum list available |grep libQt
> [root at home1 skype-2.0.0.13]#
>
> So none of these necessary dependency rpms is available in f8!
>
> On the other hand the static tarball will unpack and run in F8.
>
> This is reported at
> https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL-265
>
>   
Just install qt4 and qt4-x11. If you read the Skype download page it 
tells you you need qt4. I too have install Skype 2.x and once I 
installed the dependencies, it installed fine.

Bob