How to Install Skype on Fedora 35/34

    RahulBy 2 Mins ReadUpdated:

    Skype is the most popular application for making internet calls for free and cheap online calls to phones and mobiles with Skype. Skype is available for most operating systems for free. You can directory download skype for your operating system from its official download page. It also provides some great features like conference calls, instant messaging, and video calls. For using some advanced features, you may have to pay for them at a very low cost.

    Skype is also available for Android and iPhone’s. This article will help you to install Skype on CentOS, RHEL and Fedora Systems.

    Step 1 – Download Skype RPM

    First of all, download the latest available Skype rpm file from its official download page. The desktop users click here to download the file and the terminal users run below command.

    wget https://repo.skype.com/latest/skypeforlinux-64.rpm

    Step 2 – Install Skype RPM

    Now install the downloaded package using yum localinstall command. So it can also resolve all the dependencies and install on your system.

    sudo dnf localinstall skypeforlinux-64.rpm

    Step 3 – Launch Skype

    You can use the graphical navigation menu or use the following command to launch Skype from the command line and accept terms and conditions for the first time.

    skypeforlinux

    You can also launch skype using the desktop launcher.

    How to Install Skype on fedora

    installing Skype on Fedora

    Congratulation’s! You have successfully installed skype on your system. To Install skype on Ubuntu visit, Skype Ubuntu installation page.

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    19 Comments

    1. jason on

      chmod 4755 /usr/share/skypeforlinux/chrome-sandbox

      the above was needed before skypeforlinux would load for any user on centos 7.6

      Reply
    2. brother tech support on

      First, download Skype RPM on your system and install it. After installing, launch the Skype on the system get started with it. All the steps are well defined in the above blog-post that will help you to perform sequentially to install the Skype Centos rhel fedora on your system.

      Reply
    3. Anuj on

      I’m getting error

      GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2708: You forgot to call g_type_init()

      (process:13744): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0′ failed

      (process:13744): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2708: You forgot to call g_type_init()

      (process:13744): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2708: You forgot to call g_type_init()

      (process:13744): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2708: You forgot to call g_type_init()

      (process:13744): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)’ failed

      (process:13744): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2708: You forgot to call g_type_init()

      (process:13744): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_interface_add_prerequisite: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE (interface_type)’ failed

      (process:13744): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0′ failed

      (process:13744): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)’ failed

      (process:13744): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_style_get: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)’ failed
      /usr/bin/skype: line 4: 13744 Killed $SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*
      [[email protected] /]#

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    4. avi on

      On running skype getting this below mentioned error:
      #skype
      /usr/src/skype/skype: error while loading shared libraries: libXss.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No
      ]# sudo yum install libXv-1.0.7-2.el6.i686
      Package libXv-1.0.7-2.el6.i686 already installed and latest version

      Please suggest

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    5. amatu-salaam on

      Please i have gone through the process and gone through it again and againg but I don’t get to be succesfull with the final command “skype” which is supposed to luanch the terms and conditions page.
      can you please help me.
      Thanks.

      Reply
    7. Théo on

      Excellent post, but it needs to have two corrections made:

      1: Specify the file name when you execute the wget command. The current file name is: skype-4.3.0.37.tar.bz2
      2: On my particular Fedora install, the directory “/usr/share/lang/” did not exist. Just create it.

      Aside from this two corrections, works like a charm. Thanks a lot!

      Reply
    8. Doug Masiero on

      I’m running CentOS 6.5 and upgraded to Skype 4.3 from 4.0. The problem I experienced was Skype would launch but hang/freeze and then crash.

      The fix for me was to add the export GTK2_RC_FILES line to /usr/bin/skype file. My /usr/bin/skype file from version 4.0 did not contain this line. I also renamed my ~/.Skype/%USERNAME directory so that a new one could be created at next launch. Here is how my /usr/bin/skype files reads now. Hope this helps someone out there. :-{)

      #!/bin/sh
      export SKYPE_HOME=”/opt/skype”
      export GTK2_RC_FILES=”/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc”

      $SKYPE_HOME/skype –resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*

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    10. Sharjeel on

      Rahul,
      Very nicely written guide. almost worked perfectly for me. But something strange is happening on my machine. Followed instructions, everything went smooth. Skype screen pops up, after putting in valid credentials, it signs me in and then skype crashes. Gone.
      Any idea why this is happening? I’m using CentOS 6.5 and Skype 4.3

      Reply

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