Re: Skype under Fedora-10

[RS <ravi2boxster gmail com>]

On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 15:23 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Is there a Skype HOWTO or FAQ for Fedora-10?
> 
> I would like to transfer my Skype contacts to someone else,
> but don't see any way to do this under Linux.
> 
> Incidentally, is there any alternative to Skype
> that works under Linux and Windows XP?
> 
> As far as I can see, the latest version of Skype for Fedora
> is called skype...fc5,
> even though it is in the directory called Fedora 6-7
> on the Skype web-site (www.skype.com).
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Timothy Murphy  
> e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
> tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
> s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin 
> 
> 

I just finished installing and configuring skype on F11 Pre. Get the
"static" tar.bz2 file and untar. when you run the skype executable. it
will complain about a bunch of missing .so files. INstall one by one and
you can then launch skype. You may have to try a few tricks to get the
audio working properly since skype is coded for ALSA. PLay around with
the Sound Devices config in Skype's Options Menu..

Ravi