Install skype on CentOS

The official rpm package is for fedora, which is not well packaged and prone to various problems. Here we provide a third-party package, which can be directly installed and used. Centos6x64 is successfully installed. First install a bunch of i686 compatible pack yuminstallpulseaudio-libs.i686glibc.i686nss-softokn-freebl.i686alsa-lib.i686libXv.i686libXScrnSaver.i686l

The official rpm package is for fedora, which is not well packaged and prone to various problems. Here we provide a third-party package, which can be directly installed and used. The installation is successful on centos 6 x64.

First install a bunch of i686 compatibility packages

 

  
yum install pulseaudio-libs.i686 glibc.i686 nss-softokn-freebl.i686 alsa-lib.i686 libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libtiff.i686 glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXrender.i686 fontconfig.i686 
 

Then install skype

Download link

Http://koji.russianfedora.ru/packages/skype/4.0.0.8/1.el6.R/i586/skype-4.0.0.8-1.el6.R.i586.rpm