F21 - skype -- How best to install

[Rick Stevens]

On 03/12/2015 01:42 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> I have been puzzling through some old posts here on skype.  I need it
> working for a conference call monday morning.
>
> Subject: No sound in Skype on Fedora 64-bit
>
> Seems to be talking about installing lpf-skype even on an x86_64 system
> and it basically works?  Some sound problems but work around them?
>
> Or:
>
> http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2012/install-skype-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel-scientific-linux-sl/
>
>
> I can always run it on my samsung phone, but want to use it on my notebook.

lpf-skype requires lpf, so make sure you install that as well.

Once you've downloaded lpf-skype, then run it from a command line, 
preferably as root:

	# lpf-skype

This will download sources and such and build an RPM based on what it
gets, then install that RPM.

To get sound to work, you typically need alsa-plugins-pulseaudio and
pulseaudio-libs installed (the 32-bit versions, as skype is a 32-bit
application). I'd also suggest installing pavucontrol.

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