Can't lauch Skype on Fedora 15

[Dre]

Hi!

I just installed Fedora on my laptop and downloaded the package on the Skype website and installed it. When I lauch it there's a message :"No file or  folder or this type"...

When I lauch it on my terminal it says 'bash: /usr/bin/skype: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter:....'

Can anyobody help me? Thanks for your replies.

[itzivi]

The problem is that your machine is a 64-bit architecture. The package is build for 32 bit.

To make it working out of the box (or, maybe, out of the package)...

...either one need to compile skype for 64bit

...or the 32-bit libraries have to be added as dependencies to the rpm-package.

In theory, you may also be able to install all the needed libraries by yourself. You need to figure out which libraries first, of course.

It would be very helpful, if anyone could either provide a 64bit package or at least tell us the needed libraries.

[college_boy]

The problem is that the binary interface for Linux has changed and Skype needs to be recompiled for it.  Skype should take the opportunity to verify that it is compatible with the new GUI as well.

[Caterpillar]

yum install qt-qt.i686 x11.i686 libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686