Skype and Fedora 12

Pedroski · 02-21-2010, 04:33 PM

Has anyone got Skype working under Fed 12? I download the rpm from Skype.com, it installs, but doesn't work. I get 'could not launch Skype, failed to execute child process "skype", (no such file or directory)'

I do not get any error notices on installation.

Glennzo · 02-22-2010, 03:16 AM

You probably got the Fedora Core 5 version? I don't think that will work with Fedora 12. Try this and see if you have any luck.

Code:

wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-fc10
su -c 'yum install skype-2.1.0.47-fc10.i586.rpm --nogpgcheck'

Pedroski · 02-22-2010, 04:52 AM

Thanks, but it didn't work. I have that package already installed. Just don't work. Apart from that, I like Fed 12, everything seems to work!

Any more ideas??

Glennzo · 02-22-2010, 05:11 AM

Although I don't use Skype I've installed the Fedora 10 package in the past. Seemed to work in as much as I could run the program, as I recall, from the command line. Maybe there was a menu entry. Can't recall.

Figured I'd try again.

Code:

[glenn@leonardo ~]$ sudo rpm -ivh Downloads/skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586.rpm 
Password: 
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:skype                  ########################################### [100%]
[glenn@leonardo ~]$ skype

This is what I see.

Attachments don't show as thumbnails?

Pedroski · 02-22-2010, 07:57 AM

[peter@pedro-laptop ~]$ skype
bash: /usr/bin/skype: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory

Glennzo · 02-22-2010, 11:43 AM

Basically guessing, since I'm at work on a Windows box.

Code:

su -c 'updatedb'
locate ld-linux.so.2

If it isn't found then

Code:

yum provides */ld-linux.so.2

Then install whatever package provides ld-linux.so.2 and try skype again.

Now that I'm in front of a Linux box see if glibc is installed.

Code:

rpm -qa | grep glibc

Pedroski · 02-22-2010, 08:04 PM

Is this progress?

[peter@pedro-laptop ~]$ rpm -qa | grep glibc
glibc-2.11.1-1.x86_64
glibc-common-2.11.1-1.x86_64

Pedroski · 02-22-2010, 08:19 PM

Did the other bits, except install.
This is a result from the 'yum provides */' command. Locate doesn't find anything.

[peter@pedro-laptop ~]$ locate -c ld-linux.so.2
0

Do I need to install glibc-2.11.1-1.i686 on top of the _64 version???

glibc-2.11-2.i686 : The GNU libc libraries
Repo : fedora
Matched from:
Filename : /lib/ld-linux.so.2

arm-gp2x-linux-glibc-2.3.6-7.fc12.noarch : Cross Compiled GNU C Library targeted
: at arm-gp2x-linux
Repo : fedora
Matched from:
Filename : /usr/arm-gp2x-linux/lib/ld-linux.so.2

glibc-2.11.1-1.i686 : The GNU libc libraries
Repo : updates
Matched from:
Filename : /lib/ld-linux.so.2

Glennzo · 02-23-2010, 02:19 AM

The issue is that you're using the 64 Bit version of Fedora and Skype is looking for 32 Bit libraries. Don't know how to get around that.

Pedroski · 02-23-2010, 03:04 AM

Oh well, thought Fed 12 was too good to be true!

Thanks anyway!

Glennzo · 02-23-2010, 04:33 AM

It is. Just takes a little work.

decrepit · 02-23-2010, 05:54 AM

Seems to be working on my fedora12 machine. It comes up with my contacts, and shows who's on line.
I have Beta version 2.1.0.81 installed.
I did it by following the guide on source forge for "the perfect fedora12 desktop"
It said to add this repo. Then just use the software installer to install skype.
[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

grep65535 · 02-23-2010, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pedroski

Oh well, thought Fed 12 was too good to be true!

Thanks anyway!

I use Fedora 12 64-bit
I use Skype without ANY issues at all.

The method I use is the Skype repo like decrepit mentions.

Completely remove the skype rpm stuff you have on there now. Input the repo and 'yum install skype'

Pedroski · 02-23-2010, 07:10 PM

I did what you said, used gedit to make a skype.repo file in the yum.repos.d or whatever it's called. Sadly I get the message below from yum install skype

Package(s) data still to download: 19 M
http://download.skype.com/linux/repo...1-fc.i586.rpm: [Errno 14] HTTP Error 200 : http://download.skype.com/linux/repo...81-fc.i586.rpm
Trying other mirror.

Error Downloading Packages:
skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586: failure: skype-2.1.0.81-fc.i586.rpm from skype: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

Any more tips??

Pedroski · 02-23-2010, 08:22 PM

Well, the error seemed to be because of an excruciatingly slow connection. I ran the command yum install skype several times, until it had the whole package. It is installed, and I have exactly the same problem.

bash: /usr/bin/skype: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory

Any more tips?