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<u>OR</u> if you are set up with sudo:
 
<u>OR</u> if you are set up with sudo:
 
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<pre style="color:blue">$ sudo su - root</pre>Your command prompt should now have a # in it instead of a $, indicating you are now the root super user.<br>
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<pre style="color:blue">$ sudo su - root</pre>Your command prompt should now have a # in it instead of a $, indicating you are now the root super user, as shown here:<br>
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(Note: root@localhost may be root@yourmachinename)
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<pre style="color:blue">[root@localhost ~]#</pre>
 
<pre style="color:blue">[root@localhost ~]#</pre>
 
Update the Qt libraries to the latest version:
 
Update the Qt libraries to the latest version:

Revision as of 03:55, 3 February 2012

Skype is only available in a 32-bit version, so if you have a 64-bit Linux system, you will have to do some extra work.
The first step is to install the 32-bit libraries Skype needs to work:
Become SuperUser/Administrator:

$ su - root

OR if you are set up with sudo:

$ sudo su - root

Your command prompt should now have a # in it instead of a $, indicating you are now the root super user, as shown here:

(Note: root@localhost may be root@yourmachinename)

[root@localhost ~]#

Update the Qt libraries to the latest version:

[root@localhost ~]#yum update qt

Install 32-bit version of Qt:

[root@fusion16 ~]#yum install qt.i686

Install 32-bit version of Qt for X Windows:

[root@fusion16 ~]#yum install qt-x11.i686