Skype on CentOs

1. Install Skype

 CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.2/6.1/6

1.1 Change root user

su -
## OR ##
sudo -i

1.2 Install Needed Dependencies

yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686

Same command on multiple lines:

yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 \
glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 \
libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 \
pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686

1.3 Download Latest Skype Static Package

cd /tmp
 
wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-static

1.4 Extract Skype

mkdir /opt/skype
 
tar xvf skype_static* -C /opt/skype --strip-components=1

1.5 Create libtiff.so.4 link

cd /usr/lib
 
ln -s libtiff.so.3 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4

1.6 Create Launcher, Link icons, lang and sounds

ln -s /opt/skype/skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/icons/skype.png
ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/pixmaps/skype.png
 
touch /usr/bin/skype
chmod 755 /usr/bin/skype

Open /usr/bin/skype with text editor and add following content:

#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype"
 
$SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*

2. Use Skype

2.1 Start Skype

From command line use skype command

skype