problem with skype and suse 12.1 64bit

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hey guys
i want to know how can i install skype on suse 12.1 64 bit
thank you
BAVA…

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On Thu, 10 May 2012 22:06:03 +0000, BAVA wrote:

> hey guys i want to know how can i install skype on suse 12.1 64 bit
> thank you BAVA…

Download the package from skype.com and install it.

That’s really all there is to it.

Have you tried that and had problems? If so, let us know what problems
you had and we can help you out with them.

Jim

Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

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i tried to do that but
it failed and this message appear
"authorization failed "
"KDEinit could not launch 'usr/bin/apper "
and this message appear when i try to install any software
what can i do for this problem
thank you
BAVA…

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On 2012-05-11 00:46, BAVA wrote:

> i tried to do that but
> it failed and this message appear
> "authorization failed "
> "KDEinit could not launch 'usr/bin/apper "

Do not use apper, use yast or zypper.

here

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

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okay now i do the preparation but when i write acode of (su -c ‘zypper in skype-<version>.rpm’)
the result (No such file or directory)
what do now

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On 2012-05-11 01:56, BAVA wrote:
>
> okay now i do the preparation but when i write acode of (su -c ‘zypper
> in skype-<version>.rpm’)
> the result (No such file or directory)

And such file does exist?

I would do it with the rpm command.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

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On Thu, 10 May 2012 22:46:02 +0000, BAVA wrote:

> i tried to do that but it failed and this message appear "authorization
> failed "
> "KDEinit could not launch 'usr/bin/apper "
> and this message appear when i try to install any software what can i do
> for this problem thank you BAVA…

Don’t use apper - it’s generally considered broken.

Download the RPM and install it using YaST.

I would uninstall apper, that should help. Go into YaST’s software
management module and just remove it.

Jim

–
Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

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I have successfully installed it via yast by following your instructions. Now if I am trying to invoke skype application from the task bar the jumping icon appears for a minute or so and then disappears. May be application crashes during the start. May be I am doing something wrong.

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On Tue, 15 May 2012 16:06:02 +0530, agilephoenix
<agilephoenix@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
> I have successfully installed it via yast by following your
> instructions. Now if I am trying to invoke skype application from the
> task bar the jumping icon appears for a minute or so and then
> disappears. May be application crashes during the start. May be I am
> doing something wrong.
>

start it from the command line (not as root, but ‘normal’ user) and post
the resulting error messages back here (in “code tags”, under advanced
posting options).

–
phani.

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I really admire people who answer on such unpolite and inaccurate questions. >:(

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On Tue, 15 May 2012 20:56:05 +0530, cookie170
<cookie170@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
> I really admire people who answer on such unpolite and inaccurate
> questions. >:(
>

not sure who or who’s impolite question you’re refering to. because of
language and cultural differences, nothing very much surprises me…

NB: in my experience at least, people here try to be helpful and (more or
less) civil to each other. just had some discussion on the mailing list,
which made me decide to continue monitoring the list, but not interact
with it’s members anymore. there’s a lot of knowledge, but manners are
below my expected minimum standard – and i thought i was easy-going!

–
phani.

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On 2012-05-15 17:26, cookie170 wrote:
>
> I really admire people who answer on such unpolite and inaccurate
> questions. >:(

What are you talking about? :-?

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

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#!/bin/bash
USR=$(logname)
pks="/home/$USR/Programs/skype-*"
si=$(uname -i)

if  $si = "x86_64" ]
         then zypper in -y libasound2-32bit xorg-x11-libXv-32bit xorg-x11-libs-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libpng12-0-32bit
         if  -e $pks ]
                then zypper in -y -l $pks
         else
	 echo $Line
	 echo "${Mess}Downloading skype.${Warn}Waite!...${Norm}"
	 echo $Line
         wget -O /home/$USR/INSTAL/suse.rpm http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-suse 
         zypper in -y -l /home/$USR/INSTAL/suse.rpm

         fi

else  $si = "i586" ]
   
         if  -e $pks ]
                then zypper in -y -l $pks 
         else
	 echo $Line
	 echo "${Mess}Downloading skype.${Warn}Wait!!...${Norm}"
	 echo $Line
         wget -O /home/$USR/INSTAL/suse.rpm http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-suse 
         zypper in -y -l /home/$USR/INSTAL/suse.rpm

         fi
fi
exit

For this script first tipe: su -l

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you mast delete INSTAL part from path /home/$USR/INSTAL/suse.rpm if you don`t have INSTAL directory!