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

Tue Jul 8 18:51:14 UTC 2014

Well, I would like to see a fully open source and secure
SIP app like skype.

On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 5:44 AM, Cristian Sava <csava at central.ucv.ro> 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 <cristis53 at gmail.com> 4.3.0.37-1
> > > - Version 4.3.0.37 (i686) for Fedora 20
> > >
> > > * 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
> > >
> > > 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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