17.8.10

Fedora 13 64Bit and Skype

Wondering how to make skype work with your fresh installation of fedora 64bit? Here's how:

First, you must install rpmfusion.org's repository. You can find the howto here:

Next, you need to run the following commands:

sudo yum install libXv.i686 \
libXScrnSaver.i686 \
qt-4.6.3-8.fc13.i686 \
qt-x11-4.6.3-8.fc13.i686

Afterwhich, you can now go to and download Skype.

After downloading, install it:

rpm -ivh skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586.rpm

And then run skype from your menu.