Installing Skype on Centos 5.5
There are a couple of options for installing Skype on Centos 5.5
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/post-download/
Dynamic
Static
Dynamic means to dynamically link to libraries, and will require you to meet the dependencies of skype, while static is a larger package which meets those requirements. I went with static.
First, make a directory to download the code to (you can use /tmp if you want):
mkdir /usr/share/skype
wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-static
(alternatively: wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-dynamic )
#upack the download
tar jxvf skype_static-2.1.0.81.tar.bz2
cd skype_static-2.1.0.81/
less README
cp skype /usr/bin/skype
cp -r avatars/* /usr/share/skype/
cp -r lang/* /usr/share/skype/
cp -r sounds/* /usr/share/skype/
skype
And your skype should be up and running!
10 Comments, Comment or Ping
George Manyali
NSTALLING SKYPE ON CENTOS 5.5 LINUX MACHINE
Static version of skype for linux seem to work better than dynamic one in centos 5.5
you can install skype at different places/directories say home directory or /opt. Here ,installation is done to opt.
#cd /tmp
#wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-static
#cd /opt
#tar jxvf /tmp/skype_static-2.1.0.81.tar.bz2
#ln -s skype_static-2.1.0.81.tar.bz2 skype
for sound to work you need to link skype to /usr/share/skype
#ln -s /opt/skype /usr/share/skype
be sure not to install skype in /tmp, if that happens then do this
#su -c “mv skype_static-2.1.0.81 /opt/”
Oct 22nd, 2010
pawar kenana sudan
video calling with friend and family
Nov 23rd, 2010
maurizio
I’m a linux newbie, so be patient. I follow the instructions in the commenti because I wanted to install skype in /usr/local. I think there’s an error:
# ln -s skype_static-2.1.0.81/ skype
and not #ln -s skype_static-2.1.0.81.tar.bz2 skype
am I correct? Anyway, something went wrong. If I type ‘skype’ in the terminal I obtain ‘bash: skype: command not found’. Please, what’s wrong?
Dec 9th, 2010
Kerry
I upgraded 2 machines from Centos to Centos 5.5 and now my microphones on both machines does not work with skype. Was working on both before the upgrade.
Jan 27th, 2011
parinpatel83
i want to skype
Mar 2nd, 2011
Anatoliy
No, it does not.
skype_static-2.2.0.25
[Wavebourn@localhost ~]$ skype
skype: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9′ not found (required by skype)
[Wavebourn@localhost ~]$ rpm -q glibc
glibc-2.5-58.el5_6.2
[Wavebourn@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 17:53:09 EST 2011 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
[Wavebourn@localhost ~]$
Apr 20th, 2011
Ben
I had the same problemas ANATOLIY:
[root@d630 skype_static-2.2.0.35]# cp skype /usr/bin/skype
[root@d630 skype_static-2.2.0.35]# cp -r avatars/* /usr/share/skype/
[root@d630 skype_static-2.2.0.35]# cp -r lang/* /usr/share/skype/
[root@d630 skype_static-2.2.0.35]# cp -r sounds/* /usr/share/skype/
[root@d630 skype_static-2.2.0.35]# skype
skype: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9′ not found (required by skype)
Jul 13th, 2011
Raju
Even I am facing the same issue
[root@alik-1 skype_static-2.2.0.35]# skype
skype: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9′ not found (required by skype)
Oct 12th, 2011
dixan
[root@localhost skype_static-2.2.0.35]# cp skype /usr/bin/skype
[root@localhost skype_static-2.2.0.35]# cp -r avatars/* /usr/share/skype/
[root@localhost skype_static-2.2.0.35]# cp -r lang/* /usr/share/skype/
[root@localhost skype_static-2.2.0.35]# cp -r sounds/* /usr/share/skype/
[root@localhost skype_static-2.2.0.35]# ./skype
./skype: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9′ not found (required by ./skype)
Oct 31st, 2011
Ravi Abeyratna
First run following command;
yum whatprovides libstdc++.so.6
Then follow the above process with “skype_static-2.1.0.81.tar.bz2″
May 4th, 2012
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