Thebest way to install any software on Fedora is to install it from itsrepository. Now who don’t know what repository is. Here is the littledefinition of Repository.
Software Repository : A software repository is a storage locationfrom which software packages may be retrieved and installed on a computer.
Now you need to do is make a file named skype.repo.To make the file run # touch (write the name of the file, for examplein this case skype.repo). So the command in this case will be
# touch skype.repo
but for this, you need to get into the directory where you will create this file, for this run this command.
# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ and then
# touch skype.repo
If you get a permission denied message, then youneed to get login via “su” user and add following content to the file.Given command open the file.
#gedit skype.repo
Copy and paste the following content to the file.
[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc
save and close the file and run the following command.
# yum install skype
if you get the message like : Package skype* is not signed, use following command.
# yum –nogpgcheck install skype
Installed: skype* Complete! means your installation is complete. You are ready to run skype now. To run Skype go to
Applications > Internet > Skype
via : Go2linux.org
