Installing Skype and Flash Plugin on Slackware
 

Hello. Well, I do have some experience on Linux, and now I want to install Skype on Slackware 11.3 32-bit.

I've downloaded the static .tar.bz2 file for Skype and I have no Idea what to do with it.

bash-4.1# tar xjf skype_static-2.1.0.81.tar.bz2
bash-4.1# ls
NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.29.run install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz
Neytiri_wallpaper_by_Jerner.jpg skype_static-2.1.0.81
asd skype_static-2.1.0.81.tar.bz2
bash-4.1# cd skype_static-2.1.0.81
bash-4.1# ls
LICENSE README avatars icons lang skype skype.conf skype.desktop sounds

Same with Flash, my default browser is Konqueror. Please explain everything for dummies. :D

I've also created a non-root user (kasu) and when I try logging in, I get the error message; There's no home directory and it can't be created.

Thank you. :)

See.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...13-1-a-843947/

Also see

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ckware-842592/

For skype, do :
cd skype_static-2.1.0.81
./skype

copy the flash plugin into :
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

This should suffice. If not, copy it into /usr/lib/firefox-your-version/plugins/

Thank you! That worked. :)

And what about the /home-directory of the non-user?

If you want skype to be system-wide, then you can put in in /usr/lib/ or /opt/
Then you invoke it with, ie :

cd /usr/lib/skype_static-2.1.0.81
./skype

or better, create a /usr/bin/skype textfile, put the two lines above in it (add the shebang at top : #!/bin/sh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_%28Unix%29), and make this script executable.
Then you will only have to type :
skype