How to install Skype on OpenSUSE 12.2

Now it's the time to install the latest Skype 4.1.0 on OpenSUSE 12.2. Skype 4.1.0 for Linux brings a lot improvements. In order to install Skype on OpenSUSE, please download the latest version of Skype 4.1 for OpenSUSE from this link.

After download, you will have a file called: skype-4.1.0.20-suse.i586.rpm. Now we are ready to install it.

Open Terminal or Konsole and type this command

cd /home/dhani/Downloads      ===== this is the download location

rpm -ivh skype-4.1.0.20-suse.i586.rpm

If you got no errors, Skype is now should be ready. If you tried to install it on OpenSUSE 12.2 on 64bit system, you will get the following error

dhani@linux-m5a4:~/Downloads> rpm -ivh skype-4.1.0.20-suse.i586.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        libQtCore.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libQtDBus.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libQtGui.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libQtNetwork.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libQtWebKit.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libQtXml.so.4 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libXv.so.1 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586
        libpng12-0 is needed by skype-4.1.0.20-suse121.i586

 

To solve it, we need to install those packages first and re execute the rpm -ivh command above.