Unable to install Skype

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I am using 12.3 and running a 64 bit version. I downloaded the skype rpm package from the skype website (I chose the 12.1 32 bit version as that was the only one I found for openSUSE). However when running the rpm -i command it said It couldn’t find the file.

rpm -i skype-4.2.0.11-suse.i586.rpm                                                                                                                           
error: open of skype-4.2.0.11-suse.i586.rpm failed: No such file or directory

I also followed the instructions here to install some 32 bit packages in order to run skype. It was also unable to install all of the packages.

zypper install libqt4-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit libpng12-0-32bit libQtWebKit4-32bit xorg-x11-libs libXss1-32bit libpng12-0
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Package 'libQtWebKit4-32bit' not found.
Package 'libXss1-32bit' not found.
Package 'xorg-x11-libs' not found.
'libpng12-0' not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
No provider of 'libpng12-0' found.
'libpng12-0-32bit' is already installed.
Package 'libpng12-0-32bit' is not available in your repositories. Cannot reinstall, upgrade, or downgrade.
Resolving package dependencies...

Problem: nothing provides libICE.so.6 needed by libqt4-x11-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64
 Solution 1: do not install libqt4-x11-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64
 Solution 2: break libqt4-x11-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its dependencies

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c): 2
Resolving dependencies...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following NEW packages are going to be installed:
  libqt4-32bit libqt4-qt3support-32bit libqt4-sql-32bit libqt4-sql-sqlite-32bit libqt4-x11-32bit 

5 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 14.2 MiB. After the operation, additional 42.9 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Retrieving package libqt4-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64                                                                                             (1/5),   3.1 MiB ( 10.6 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: libqt4-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64.rpm ..................................................................................................................[done (1.6 MiB/s)]
Retrieving package libqt4-sql-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64                                                                                         (2/5), 106.3 KiB (254.1 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: libqt4-sql-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64.rpm ............................................................................................................[done (197.2 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package libqt4-x11-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64                                                                                         (3/5),  10.0 MiB ( 29.0 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: libqt4-x11-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64.rpm ..............................................................................................................[done (1.7 MiB/s)]
Retrieving package libqt4-sql-sqlite-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64                                                                                  (4/5),  35.1 KiB ( 50.1 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: libqt4-sql-sqlite-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64.rpm ...................................................................................................................[done]
Retrieving package libqt4-qt3support-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64                                                                                 (5/5), 1014.6 KiB (  3.1 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: libqt4-qt3support-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1.x86_64.rpm .......................................................................................................[done (1.5 MiB/s)]
(1/5) Installing: libqt4-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1 ...................................................................................................................................[done]
(2/5) Installing: libqt4-sql-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1 ...............................................................................................................................[done]
(3/5) Installing: libqt4-x11-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1 ...............................................................................................................................[done]
(4/5) Installing: libqt4-sql-sqlite-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1 ........................................................................................................................[done]
(5/5) Installing: libqt4-qt3support-32bit-4.8.4-3.6.1 ........................................................................................................................[done]

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you

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To install the .rpm you have to be working in the same dir as the .rpm

But you can just click/double click (depending on your settings) the .rpm and the software manager will install it

Not sure about the missing deps, I don’t use skype.

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Just , says I need libQtWebKit.so.4 to install it. I then downloaded the libQtWebKit.so.4 file, but it says I need the libwebp.so.4 file. I am able to successfully install that file (I got it from here, tried installing both openSUSE versions). However when I try to install the libQtWebKit.so.4 file, it still says I am missing the libwebp.so.4 file.

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8ofspades wrote:

> still says I
> am missing the libwebp.so.4 file.

My system says libwebp4 provides this

5

You need the 32 bit versions for skype

6

You should not use libwebp for Factory, all you need is included in the distribution.

Just install libQtWebKit4-32bit with YaST (and make sure libwep4 is the version included in 12.3, so v0.2.1) or:

sudo zypper in -f libQtWebKit4-32bit libbwebp4
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On 2013-07-29 05:56, 8ofspades wrote:
>
> Just , says I need libQtWebKit.so.4 to install it. I then downloaded the
> libQtWebKit.so.4 file,

Are you installing that file without installing the rpm? DON’T.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

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On 2013-07-29 08:06, gogalthorp wrote:
>
> You need the 32 bit versions for skype

If we are not mistaken, 8ofspades does not have the OSS repo. Just found
that out on another thread (Yast 1 click install and zypper lock up
during an install).

So, he is unable to install “anything” >:-)

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

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I suspect a problem with the user’s repositories.

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On 2013-07-29 15:56, oldcpu wrote:
>
> I suspect a problem with the user’s repositories.

Yes, absolutely. See the other thread.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

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That was the problem, thank you all for your help.