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OpenSUSE 12.1 Skype installation

For the 32-bit installation of openSUSE, you will need at least the following packages before installing Skype. On openSUSE > 12.1, the Skype package from skype.com will depend on these, and they will be installed automatically. su -c 'zypper install libqt4 libqt4-x11…

OpenSUSE 12.1 Skype installation

 

For 32-bit installation of openSUSE
You will need at least these packages before installing skype. On openSUSE > 12.1 the skype package from skype.com will depend on these and they will be installed automatically.

su -c 'zypper install libqt4 libqt4-x11 libqt4-dbus-1 libsigc++2 libpng12-0'

For 64-bit installation of openSUSE 12.2
You will need the corresponding *-32bit RPM packages, since skype is only offered in 32-bit. The Skype rpm from skype.com depends on these so it will install them automatically. However, on most openSUSE systems pulseaudio is used and this is not a hard dependency so you will need to install this to get sound.

su -c 'zypper install libpulse0-32bit'

For 64-bit installation of openSUSE 12.1
You will need the corresponding *-32bit RPM packages, since skype is only offered in 32-bit.

su -c 'zypper install xorg-x11-libXv-32bit libqt4-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libpng12-0-32bit'

For 64-bit installation of openSUSE 11.4
You will need the corresponding *-32bit RPM packages, since skype is only offered in 32-bit.

su -c 'zypper install libasound2-32bit xorg-x11-libXv-32bit xorg-x11-libs-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libpng12-0-32bit'

For 64-bit installation of openSUSE 11.3 and 11.2
You will need the corresponding *-32bit RPM packages, since skype is only offered in 32-bit.

su -c 'zypper install libpng12-0-32bit libqt4-32bit libqt4-dbus-1-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libsigc++2-32bit xorg-x11-libXv-32bit libpulse0-32bit'
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For 32-bit installation of openSUSE
You will need at least these packages before installing skype. On openSUSE > 12.1 the skype package from skype.com will depend on these and they will be installed automatically.

su -c 'zypper install libqt4 libqt4-x11 libqt4-dbus-1 libsigc++2 libpng12-0'

For 64-bit installation of openSUSE 12.2
You will need the corresponding *-32bit RPM packages, since skype is only offered in 32-bit. The Skype rpm from skype.com depends on these so it will install them automatically. However, on most openSUSE systems pulseaudio is used and this is not a hard dependency so you will need to install this to get sound.

su -c 'zypper install libpulse0-32bit'

For 64-bit installation of openSUSE 12.1
You will need the corresponding *-32bit RPM packages, since skype is only offered in 32-bit.

su -c 'zypper install xorg-x11-libXv-32bit libqt4-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libpng12-0-32bit'

For 64-bit installation of openSUSE 11.4
You will need the corresponding *-32bit RPM packages, since skype is only offered in 32-bit.

su -c 'zypper install libasound2-32bit xorg-x11-libXv-32bit xorg-x11-libs-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libpng12-0-32bit'

For 64-bit installation of openSUSE 11.3 and 11.2
You will need the corresponding *-32bit RPM packages, since skype is only offered in 32-bit.

wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-suse
su -c 'zypper in skype-<version>.rpm'

Note: This post may be AI-assisted and then human-edited. Editorial responsibility: Dmytro Lomaka, Kaltenkirchen.