Skype is provided pre-packaged for openSUSE for 32 bit systems. However the RPM can be used without difficulty also on 64 bit systems, since openSUSE transparently manages bi-architecture packages. Unfortunately the 32 bit RPM does not install all the dependencies it needs to work correctly, and you have to fix them by hand as follows: Install the skype rpm by typing in a root terminal: rpm -Uvh skype-2.1.0.47-suse.i586.rpm Open YaST software installer Search and select the following packages xorg-x11-libXv-32bit libqt4-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit Accept the additional dependencies proposed by the installer and proceed with the installation At this point, you should be able to run skype without any difficulty. Enjoy
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Installing dropbox on openSUSE 11.2 with KDE
This is the first of a series of posts to help openSUSE users that started to use KDE 4, or are new to Linux. Why KDE? Well, I tried it just to see how it is, I went back to GNOME, and I was missing KDE already after a few hours, and only after two weeks of using it. KDE 4 is not finished yet: some part of the migration process from KDE 3 to KDE 4 is still going on, for example in the PIM (Personal Information Management) department, but the environment is fresh, clean, extremely fast and responsive even with desktop effects enabled. In other words, I think…