Skype not working in CentOS 6.2

I tried to install Skype on CentOS 6.2. I downloaded Skype's rpm package from here and tried this command to install – but it's giving an error like this:

[root@localhost Downloads]# rpm -ivh skype-4.0.0.7-fedora.i586.rpm 
error: Failed dependencies:
    alsa-lib >= 1.0.23 is needed by skype-4.0.0.7-fc16.i586
    libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.15) is needed by skype-4.0.0.7-fc16.i586

So I tried this command:

[root@localhost Downloads]# rpm -ivh --nodeps skype-4.0.0.7-fedora.i586.rpm 
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:skype                  ########################################### [100%]

The Skype icon will appear in Applications » Internet » Skype, but when clicking the icon nothing's happening.

So I installed libstdc++6-4.7.0-0.6-mdv2012.0.i586.rpm with this command:

[root@localhost Downloads]# rpm -ivh libstdc++6-4.7.0-0.6-mdv2012.0.i586.rpm 
warning: libstdc++6-4.7.0-0.6-mdv2012.0.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 26752624: NOKEY
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
    file /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 from install of libstdc++6-4.7.0-0.6.i586 conflicts with file from package libstdc++-4.4.6-3.el6.i686

It's still not working.

max

Posted 2012-06-21T11:47:59.940

Reputation: 3 329

Did you try running it from a terminal? – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2012-06-21T12:02:49.713

yes... it is giving the error like this [suraj@localhost ~]$ skype skype: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.15' not found (required by skype) – max – 2012-06-21T12:10:19.467

Check your formatting please, next time indent code using Ctrl-K. – slhck – 2012-06-21T12:32:24.190

Maybe you should have listened when rpm told you there was a problem then. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2012-06-21T12:35:53.323

Skype not working in CentOS 6.2

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