I am trying to install skype from the slackbuild.

I downloaded the source and the skype.tar.gz

Ran tar on the tar.gz

Then ran chmod on skyke.SlackGuild

Copied the source into the skype directory

But when I try

./skyleSlackBuild

I get a message saying I don't have permission.

The skype.tar.gz file has root as the owner (I am logged in as root)

But when I unzip the file the skype directory it creates and all the subsequent files have the owner as 1000.

I am sure I didn't have this problem installing other builds.

This is a new 12.2 installation.

I just made a package and it works.

I did this:
- download http://slackbuilds.org/slackbuilds/1...k/skype.tar.gz in /home/didier/tmp
- download http://download.skype.com/linux/skyp...0.0.72.tar.bz2 in /home/didier/tmp
- cd /home/didier/tmp
- tar xzf skype.tar.gz
- mv skype_static-2.0.0.72.tar.bz2 skype
- cd skype
- su #to become root
- ./skype.SlackBuild

and the package is ready in /tmp.

You don't have to chmod anything.

So I do not understand your problem

EDIT. And all files in /home/didier/tmp/skype are owned by didier:users.
EDIT2. It is useless and dangerous to do anything as root but running skype.SlackBuild

I hope these are just typos. If you are root then it sounds like skype.SlackBuild is not executable.
If that is the case you can run the SlackBuild like this "sh skype.SlackBuild" without the quotes,
Or "chmod +x skype.SlackBuild" and run it as ./skype.SlackBuild

XGizzmo, FYI I did check, skype.SlackBuild is executable, as that should be the case for all SlackBuilds @ slackbuilds.org.

Silverbird, I don't see any reason for the numerical owner value, unless tar have been run with unusual options, like --numeric-owner.

I was emailed a download of a skype package - complete - so I did not pursue this problem..

But at least I have skype working and can now use linux full time for all my requirements...