Installing Skype on openSUSE 11.2 – 64 bit

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

25 Comments

malte

December 1, 2009 at 9:06 am

Thanks for solving the issue and then sharing your solution.
Saved me a lot of time.

Olivo

December 4, 2009 at 10:10 am

Thanks for sharing your solution.

sharif

December 5, 2009 at 2:25 am

thanks 🙂

Samuel

December 5, 2009 at 4:58 am

Thank you for the solution, thanks to you I am now using Skype

PhoeniX

December 6, 2009 at 2:03 am

Thanks!!!!

FRYRSLF

December 10, 2009 at 6:34 pm

Thank you

Harindaka

December 17, 2009 at 7:18 pm

Thanks from Sri Lanka

Kevin Hansen

December 22, 2009 at 1:17 am

Thanks for sharing!

Marek

December 24, 2009 at 5:44 pm

Many thanks from Poland

Rance

December 25, 2009 at 8:15 am

Thank you so much. I love 11.2, but this and vmware server have been killing me with 11.2

Jorge

December 29, 2009 at 5:32 pm

Thanks. Me too, but….
My 1st experience was to install skype and then, at calling it, install the packages it asks for (which, by memory, should be ones cited above). Then the id/passw windows comes, I put in and then … “abort” was the message. To me, the installation order made a difference, so back again, first I made the packages and then the skype rpm … as stated (might it have been through yast2?). Some more skilled linux people might tell why/if this is so, really. Anyway, now I get my skype running. Fine.

Alberto

December 29, 2009 at 6:50 pm

Hi,
Thanks for your comment, but the order in which the RPM’s are installed should not be important. I installed Skype and then the dependencies myself. The only thing I can think to is that library paths might need to be refreshed.

Best,
Alberto