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Is there any 64-bit version of skype for fedora 22?

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Is there any 64-bit version of skype for fedora 22?
posted Jan 18, 2016 by Deepak Dasgupta

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Follow these steps
Install skype requirements - part 1

sudo dnf install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 qtwebkit.i686

Install skype requirements - part 2

sudo dnf install alsa-lib.i686 fontconfig.i686 freetype.i686 \ glib2.i686 libSM.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 libXi.i686 \ libXrandr.i686 libXrender.i686 libXv.i686 libstdc++.i686 \ pulseaudio-libs.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 zlib.i686 qtwebkit.i686

Download skype to the /tmp folder

cd /tmp

wget --trust-server-names http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-dynamic sudo mkdir /opt/skype sudo tar xvf skype-4.3* -C /opt/skype --strip-components=1

Create the symbolink lynks to skype

sudo ln -s /opt/skype/skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop  
sudo ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/icons/skype.png  
sudo ln -s /opt/skype/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/pixmaps/skype.png

4.Create the skype shell file

sudo touch /usr/bin/skype
sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/skype

cat << EOF > /usr/bin/skype 
#!/bin/sh export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype"

\$SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=\$SKYPE_HOME \$*
EOF

5.Finally execute skype

answer Feb 12, 2016 by Shivam Kumar Pandey
Is it for 64bit
yes... for 64 bit,you have to install manually  following these steps
Cool i was not knowing it that fedora had 64 bit skype too.
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