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Problem of SKYPE installation

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:12 am
by Ahmad ullah
I have tried to install skype on my FC8, bu t have problem or repositories, which are as under:
Failed dependencies:
libQtCore.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.68-fc5.i586
libQtDBus.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.68-fc5.i586
libQtGui.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.68-fc5.i586
libQtNetwork.so.4 is needed by skype-2.0.0.68-fc5.i586
qt4-x11 >= 4.2 is needed by skype-2.0.0.68-fc5.i586

Where to down load these directly.Plz help me in this regard

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:33 am
by Muhammad Saad
Search the required packages at http://rpm.pbone.net
There is a link for advanced search where you can tell the search engine which distribution's packages you want.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:31 pm
by lambda
type "yum search qt-4" or "yum search qt". you should be able to find the package you need (qt-4.something). use "yum install qt-4.something" to install it.

do not use rpm.pbone or any similar site if your distribution has the packages. always, ALWAYS use your distribution's packages unless there's a compelling reason to use something else.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:00 pm
by Ahmad ullah
Dear lambda. i tried your solution but, it shows the problem of "CAN NOT RETRIEVE REPOSITORY DATA...." though i have added repositories. I don't know what to do. Plz help me.

I tried the method of Muhammad Sad as well. I downloaded the packages and while installing them, each one showed error of dependencies and hence no installation. It is to be noted that my system is connected to the Internet with high bandwidth. I need your help.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:47 pm
by lambda
i don't use fedora. do you connect to the internet through a proxy? if so, you need to configure yum to use the proxy. simply typing "export http_proxy=http://your.proxy.host:8080" before any yum commands might be sufficient, but maybe not.

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:03 pm
by Ahmad ullah
Dear lambda, i have passed the proxy setting to you by the command you have told me which was successful. Now it shows the errror at command prompt:
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[root@localhost Linux Software]# yum install skype-2.0.0.68-fc5.i586.rpm
http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/8/i386/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://livna.cat.pdx.edu/fedora/8/i386/ ... repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/li ... repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mi ... repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
http://mirror.atrpms.net/livna/fedora/8 ... repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
ftp://mirrors.tummy.com/pub/rpm.livna.o ... repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-3, 'Temporary failure in name resolution')>
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: livna. Please verify its path and try again
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for which your kind help is needed

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:52 pm
by lambda
remove any unofficial repositories you added, and then try "yum search qt4" or "yum search qt-4".

Skype for Linux

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:46 pm
by darklord
Do you still face the problem of downloading skype ??

Let me know

Best Regards

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:40 pm
by Ahmad ullah
Yeah darklord, The main problem is not the download of the skype, but the yum, which runs behind the proxy. if you have any tips about that, they are welcome.

Skype for Linux

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:13 pm
by darklord
Go to skype website and download rpm for Mandriva. Hopefully it will solve you problem.
I have treid this with RHEL4. and it worked.

Best Regards,

If it fails

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:14 pm
by darklord
If it fails download and install from the source.


Best Regards,