This tutorial is going to show you how to get Skype installed on OpenSUSE 13.1. Skype is the most popular VoIP application which lets us to make a free phone calls, video calls or instant messaging using internet protocol. Installing Skype on OpenSUSE 13.1 is very easy. There is a special binary package made for OpenSUSE which can be installed in few steps.
First is to download Skype for OpenSUSE
Now you should have a file called skype-4.2.0.13-suse.i586.rpm. The version may vary from time to time. So make sure you adjust the command we used below to match with the Skype version you have. Now execute this command on Terminal as root
rpm -ivh skype-4.2.0.13-suse.i586.rpm
Should there is no error and Skype is well installed and you can start using it.