No matter how I install it, skype-4.2.0.13.tar.bz2 or skype-4.2.0.13-fedora.i586.rpm, Skype gives me the same error when I try to launch it: Segmentation fault (core dumped) It seems other people have no issues running Skype on Fedora 20. How can I make it work?
EDIT: Moved error log to fpaste: http://paste.fedoraproject.org/113674/
Hi, Are you sure you installed the 32 bit packages? The reason I am asking is because in your error message I see a lot of access to /usr/lib64 which is strange.
These are the steps I did on my system:
yum install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 qtwebkit.i686
Downloaded skype rpm from skype website which is for Fedora 16 32 bit. Followed this by,
yum install ./skype-4.2.0.13-fedora.i586.rpm
I had some issues like, I was getting the following error: skype: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libQtSvg.so.4: undefined symbol: _ZNK14QWidgetPrivate17hasHeightForWidthEv
However, when I did
ldd /usr/lib/libQtSvg.so.4
I figured that some old qt libraries (4.7.*) were lying around which were being pointed to. As soon as I removed them, skype started working without issues.
Can you try a fresh install? Skype works just fine when installed using these steps: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/8738/how-to-install-skype/
Please also refer to: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/39797/sticky-what-third-party-repositories-can-i-use-to-install-packages-that-arent-available-in-fedora/
Hi
How about install Skype through that thread
Install Skype 4.2/4.0 on Fedora 20/19, CentOS/RHEL/SL 6.5
Or
Adding Community repository
Russian Fedora Free Repository:
yum -y localinstall http://mirror.yandex.ru/fedora/russianfedora/russianfedora/free/fedora/russianfedora-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm -y
Russian Fedora NonFree Repository:
yum -y localinstall http://mirror.yandex.ru/fedora/russianfedora/russianfedora/nonfree/fedora/russianfedora-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm -y
Then install skype
yum -y install skype
Please do not paste such long error messages to the forum. It makes it very difficult to read the question. Please upload it in a file somewhere else. I've thrown it all onto fpaste for the time being.
You can install Skype with Fedy (this was Fedorautils).
Install Fedy and then install Skype.
su -c "curl http://satya164.github.io/fedy/fedy-installer -o fedy-installer && chmod +x fedy-installer && ./fedy-installer"
fedy --exec skype_linux
With fedy --exec list you can see all available commands.
Instead of using the command line, you can also use the GUI for Fedy.
Asked: 2014-03-26 11:56:53 -0600
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