[ieatfish]

I was scared installing Skype was going to be difficult but it actually was not difficult. I thought I'd post the method I used to install Skype on my Toshiba NB205. If you plan to do more than chat, be sure your mic/webcam are already recognized by MeeGo otherwise Skype will have nothing to use for voice/video conversations.

1) Download Skype. Download the Fedora 10+ version of Skype - direct link. Be sure to note the download location AND complete filename.


2) Open Terminal. Open a Terminal window from Applications > System Tools > Terminal. If you aren't very familiar with Linux, it will look like a command prompt.


3) Change to Download Directory. Type:

cd [download location]

Remember that Linux is case sensitive. For me, using Chromium, the default location was /home/Ieatfish/Downloads. So I typed:

cd /home/Ieatfish/Downloads

4) Run the installer. You need to run 'yum' as root. If you never set up a password, the default super user password is 'meego'. Run this to install the file:

sudo yum localinstall skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586.rpm

Be sure that your filename matches the file you downloaded. For now, that is the version but they'll update the version and this will be obsolete. Once I was installing, I got a Signature Check fail so I had to add '--nogpgcheck' to the end of the command. My command ended up looking like this:

sudo yum localinstall skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586.rpm --nogpgcheck

5) Enjoy! Assuming the installation goes smoothly, congratulations! For me, Skype showed up in the Applications tab under Internet. You can also run it from the Terminal window by simply typing 'skype'.

So there you go. It was rather painless. But as always, your mileage may vary.

[ieatfish]

Bump. Let me know if you see any errors or pertinent information I should add.

[eupho]

Originally Posted by ieatfish

Bump. Let me know if you see any errors or pertinent information I should add.

Outstanding this worked great.

Starting to like MeeGo

[todoleo]

All went well!

Thanks!

[cbenn126]

Originally Posted by ieatfish

Bump. Let me know if you see any errors or pertinent information I should add.

I am running meego from a usb thumb drive and when i boot up meego, it never prompted me to create a username and password. so when i try to install skype with your directions all goes well until it prompts me for a password and i do not have one. it prompts me for the password after i run the installer. Please help

Thanks
CB

[ieatfish]

Is it a persistent install (saves changes)? If so, it probably has a default password. I would try 'toor' and 'default' when it prompts for the super user password. I'm sure someone on here knows what the default is in MeeGo.

If not (is just a LiveCD) you can't really install skype (or you'd have to do it every time).

edit: As mentioned below, the default password is 'meego'.

[barrymavin]

Didn't work for me. when running yum localinstall it complains that "can't retrieve repository metadata (repond.xml) for meego-core"

[andybleaden]

Have you remembered to add the --nogpgcheck element at the end of the local install command. That may help.

Sorry if you have done this already

[dawnfoster]

Originally Posted by ieatfish

Is it a persistent install (saves changes)? If so, it probably has a default password. I would try 'toor' and 'default' when it prompts for the super user password. I'm sure someone on here knows what the default is in MeeGo.

If not (is just a LiveCD) you can't really install skype (or you'd have to do it every time).

The default password should be meego.

[ieatfish]

Originally Posted by dawnfoster

The default password should be meego.

Updated the OP. Thanks!