Is there a RedHat Linux 9 SKYPE version available?

you can use the static binary

regards

Ramiro

Hi,

Is there a version for RH Linux AS 3?

Thanks.

I repackaged dynamic tar.bz2 as rpm for RedHat 9: http://developer.pfu.edu.ru/pub/RPMS/

RedHat 9 package updated to 1.0.0.7

Hello, i'm new on Linux, and i have a question about the installation: if i try to install this package, i get:

Dependency Problem:
libgcc_s.so.1 is needed by skype-1.0.0.7-1
libstdc++.so.5 is needed by skype-1.0.0.7-1
libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0) is needed by skype-1.0.0.7-1
libgcc_s.so.1(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by skype-1.0.0.7-1
libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) is needed by skype-1.0.0.7-1

It is clear, that i do need those libraries, the question is - where do i find them? I'm using redhat 7.2 on linux 2.4. I've searched for those libs, but couldn't find any neither on my computer, nor on linux installation cds. What am i doing wrong?

You are trying to install this skype rpm on wrong system. It was meant for RH9 or other rpm-based distribution with libstdc++3 and qt-3.

These dependecies which you seen are provided by libstdc++ package. The dynamic skype version is linked against libstdc++3.x while RH7.x includes only old libstdc++-2.96. Even if you will manage to find or compile libstdc++3 for RH7 there is much probability that dynamically linked skype still won't work due issues with older qt library. So I would recommend you to try statically linked skype tar.bz2 instead. I can re-package it as rpm if you want.

So, i'm not so stupid at all - that's what i thought about this problem, but wasn't completely sure.
It'll do nice if you shall repack it as rpm. Thank you!

For such an old distro il will be much work to install all the required libraries, maybe you should think about upgrading your whole system...

Red Hat 9 package updated to 1.0.0.20

Hi,

I have redhat 9 and downloaded the static version. I'm getting the error
[quote]./skype: error while loading shared libraries: libdbus-1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[/quote]
Do I need to install that library and where would I find it?

I also tried to install the package 1.0.0.7 by huomenta:
Something did happen, at least rpm now says
[quote]package skype-1.0.0.20-1 is already installed[/quote]
but what next?
[quote]bash: skype: command not found
[/quote]
Thanks for any hints!

Hello
i Installed the rpm-package of huomenta and now when I phone somebody, I hear it ring, but when the other takes up, I didn't hear anything. my terminal says
[quote]read error, res = -1 , handle = 37[/quote]
what can I do?
tank you

[quote=laurentwahl]i Installed the rpm-package of huomenta and now when I phone somebody, I hear it ring, but when the other takes up, I didn't hear anything. my terminal says
[quote]read error, res = -1 , handle = 37[/quote]
[/quote]

What soundcard and kernel version do you have ? Are you using OSS or Alsa ?

my soundcard is "soundmax integrated digital audio" from asus.
my kernel version is 2.4.20-8
sorry, but I don't know what oss or alsa is, so I don't know what I use.

Hi,

I have tried the "Dynamic binary tar.bz2".

Then,
I tried "Red Hat 9 package 1.0.0.20". Then it said:
"./skype: relocation error: ./skype: undefined symbol: _ZN7QActionC1EP7QObjectPKc". I tried the other version of the same package but all gave me the same error.

The kernel is 2.4.21-4.EL, gcc 3.2.3 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-20).

Could you please suggest me the proper package for RedHat Enterprise.
Thank you very much.
Manog

[quote=Manog]I have tried the "Dynamic binary tar.bz2"For new Skype version you need to install DBus (used by Skype for the API)

[quote=Manog]I tried "Red Hat 9 package 1.0.0.20". Then it said:
"./skype: relocation error: ./skype: undefined symbol: _ZN7QActionC1EP7QObjectPKc"Update your QT to a newer version, this is a missing function for QAction in your QT build.

Could you tell me where do I get RPM for DBus and RPM for latest QT. My system has QT 3.1.2.

Ok, so the static binary requires DBus and the RPM requires a newer Qt, but when I look at rpmfind.net, I can't find the rpms that would fix either problem. Not for RH 9, anyway.

Hi,
I installed the static binary version of Skype on RH9 yesterday -- the DBus library was also missing so I installed it from sources:

1) download the library at www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus
2) uncompress the file, "./configure", "make", "make install" (as root) in the dbus directory
3) the new library should be installed in "/usr/local/lib"
4) go there and " ln -s libdbus-1.so libdbus-1.so.0"
5) here you'll need to run "ldconfig" and if "/usr/local/lib" is not in you library path (and skype still complains) enter "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib"

which package can be installed on Red Hat Linux 8.0

Thanks a lot.

Hi jmrose,

I tried to install Dbus from source "dbus-0.33.tar.gz" as you suggested me. I got following error:
--------------------------
dbus-gproxy.c:31:24: glib/gi18n.h: No such file or directory
dbus-gproxy.c: In function `dbus_g_proxy_invoke':
dbus-gproxy.c:1469: warning: implicit declaration of function `_'
dbus-gproxy.c:1469: warning: passing arg 4 of `g_set_error' makes pointer from integer without a cast
dbus-gproxy.c:1524: warning: passing arg 4 of `g_set_error' makes pointer from integer without a cast
dbus-gproxy.c:1529: warning: passing arg 4 of `g_set_error' makes pointer from integer without a cast
dbus-gproxy.c:1538: warning: passing arg 4 of `g_set_error' makes pointer from integer without a cast
dbus-gproxy.c:1554: warning: passing arg 4 of `g_set_error' makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[2]: *** [dbus-gproxy.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/cnepali/software/dbus-0.33/glib'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/cnepali/software/dbus-0.33'
make: *** [all] Error 2
-----------------------------

What is wrong?

it gave me above error when I execute "make". I am using RedHat Enterprise/RedHat 9.0.
I tried it from rpm "dbus-0.33-2.i386.rpm". Then I got following error:

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warning: dbus-0.33-2.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 30c9ecf8
error: Failed dependencies:
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4) is needed by dbus-0.33-2
libselinux >= 1.15.2 is needed by dbus-0.33-2
libselinux.so.1 is needed by dbus-0.33-2
cups < 1:1.1.20-4 conflicts with dbus-0.33-2
---------------

I checked. libc.so.6 is in my system while others (libselinux, libselinux.so.1) are not. Also, I could not understand cups < 1:1.1.20-4 conflicts with dbus-0.33-2.

It seems your libc misses a header file for internationalization (too old?) -- Although I do have RH9, I upgraded libc (from source, again) a few years ago.

From their website, I remember reading that DBus are changing their protocol from version to version, so upgrading, rather than adding a new version of Dbus could break CUPS printing.