Hello
I am a new linux user and want toinstall skype in my linux readhat 8 can you expland for me how can i do it i tryed but don't socced.
Thank you

What was the error? Did it install ok, or you couldn't run it?

Hello bruno buys
Thank you for your mail. I use the Red hat 8 i couldn't install & run it. when i try to install it i klick on skype file which i dowload fram skypes home page then i get the massage that the " libqt>=3.2 dident find.
Thank you

You are not running a new enough version of KDE for the dynamicly linked binary you have downloaded. Try by downloading the static build .tar file and hopefully it will run.

I have tryed with static binary tar.bz2 with Qt 3.2 compiled in (only if the above don't work, not recommended)
but i get the massage :

"bash: ./skype_ver-0_91_0_12-staticQT.tar.bz2: cannot execute binary file"

This tar.bz2 package has to be unpacked, compiled and then, installed.
Do this:

- Right click on it, and choose "Unpack here..."
this will create a folder.

- Enter the folder and open a terminal inside it.

- Issue

./configure

This will do several checkings on your system. If it ends ok, as root, do

make

This will compile your package and create the binary files needed to run the program.

Then, to install the compiled program, do

make install

If everything goes well, you should be able to run it.

First tar -xjvf skype_ver-0_91_0_12-staticQT.tar.bz2 then cd skype_ver-0_91_0_12 and ./skype should get it to run. You always have to extract a .tar.??? file before you can do anything with the contents that are inside the archive. In this case it will only be a an executable binary and the support files in the directory but if it was a source tarball you would follow the steps outlined in the post above this to actually build the source yourself.

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HappyTux
THANKYOU VERY MUCH i have installed the SKYPE in my linux
can you explain for me what is the mean of " -xjvf " after tar, can i use this command to unpack a zip file??

x = extract
j = .bz2 extension on the .tar if .gz then you use z
v = verbose in other words show you what is going on.
f = tells it you are extracting a file it should be the last letter.

You would use the unzip app to unpack a .zip.

Just FYI - tar has numerous other options as well, please see the man pages for details.

As HappyTux indicated though, the "tar xjvf ....." combination is typical. -- J.W.

A bunch of the questions you have ask can be answered in greater detail if you will read the manuals.
Type:
man zip
man tar
man whatever you want to do.

Also if you are indoubt of what command to use, 'apropos' is a good question answering command.
man apropos
apropos video

If you know the command and don't know the options, use the --help flag.
apropos --help

Do a google groups search of the 'smartquestions.html' file.

Also check The Linux Document Project for a lot of things.
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/

Subscribe to The Linux Gazette for a monthly newsletter with a lot of information and articles.

There is lot of help both here and out there so you won't have to be new all the time.

Welcome to your freedom, welcome to linux.