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Install skpye 4.3 on Lunix

Skepe is Open source application for calling over internet. In this article we will guide you to Install skpye 4.3 on Lunix.

Skype calls & messages are completely FREE. Skype to Landlines and mobile phones low calling rate compare with mobile phones due to this skype is really popular among the internet user and corporate offices.

Skype announced new release of Skype 4.3 for Linux on June 18th 2014. It can be installed on any windows, linux, mac OS. Skype is acquired by Microsoft Corporation now and they are doing new development for skype application.

New 4.3 skype has following features:

  • An updated UI
  • Our new cloud-based Group Chat experience
  • More reliable file transfer support when using multiple devices at once
  • Greater accessibility by blind and visually impaired users
  • PulseAudio 3.0 and 4.0 support
  • Lot of bug fixes

Install skpye 4.3 on Lunix

Install Required Repositories

# For CentOS, RHEL, SL & Fedora 21 & other linux Systems #
# yum install qtwebkit

Following list of packages should be install on your OS.

# Install the necessary packages #
# yum install alsa-lib libXv libXScrnSaver gtk2-engines PackageKit-gtk-module libcanberra libcanberra-gtk2

# Install the necessary audio packages #
# yum install pulseaudio-libs alsa-plugins-pulseaudio<

# Install the necessary video package #
# yum install libv4l

Download skype ZIP file

Use the below command to download the skype 4.3 archive file.

# wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-4.3.0.37.tar.bz2
# tar -jxvf skype-4.3.0.37.tar.bz2

Create Launcher

For accessing the installed software on your system globally, you need to create the launcher file to /usr/bin/skyp and give executable permission then add the below script in that file. Save + Exit.

# touch /usr/bin/skype
# chmod 755 /usr/bin/skype

# Add Launcher script #
# nano /usr/bin/skype

#!/bin/sh
export SKYPE_HOME="/opt/skype-4.3.0.37"
$SKYPE_HOME/skype --resources=$SKYPE_HOME $*

We need to create below list of Symbolic Links.

# ln -s /opt/skype-4.3.0.37/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/icons/skype.png
# ln -s /opt/skype-4.3.0.37/icons/SkypeBlue_48x48.png /usr/share/pixmaps/skype.png
# ln -s /opt/skype-4.3.0.37/skype.desktop /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
# ln -s /opt/skype-4.3.0.37/sounds/ /usr/share/sounds/
# ln -s /opt/skype-4.3.0.37/lang/ /usr/share/lang/

Use the below command to launch the skype from command line.

# skype

Congratulations, you installed skype 4.3 version to your linux OS. Now we can start using skype on our linux systems.

Skype with 3G Phone – with Iphone and Ipad

Now Skype with 3G Phone – with Iphone and Ipad. Skype on Saturday released an upgrade to its iPhone app that allows calls to be made and received under AT&T’s 3G network, but there’s a catch — they won’t be free for very long, even for Skype-to-Skype calls or for people who have all-you-can-eat calling plans with the internet telephony company.

Skype with 3G Phone - with Iphone and Ipad
Skype with 3G Phone – with Iphone and Ipad

No specific pricing or even timeline was announced, but the release notes of version 2.0.0 (to the right) say this feature will be free only “until at least the end of August 2010, after which there will be a small monthly fee.”

All of this became possible only after Apple changed its iPhone SDK in anticipation of the iPad.

Skype pronouced on Feb 3 that 3G calling would happen “soon.” But the additional cost was not trumpeted and does comes as a surprise, though perhaps not a terribly big one given the revenue possibilities and the additional strain on AT&T’s already-vilified 3G network.

Skype calls are generally free or at least much less expensive than those made on minute-counting calling plans. But wireless minutes have become largely commoditized and, from most wireless carriers, available in unlimited plans that eliminate the traditional profit center that used to be overages.

Skype’s migration from the desktop on to mobile devices has created the potential for a dramatic shift in calling behavior. We aren’t quite there yet. But when you can receive calls from an VoIP provider like Skype on a portable device in either an WiFi or 3G network it almost completely blurs the line between an interesting alternative to a telephone and the very definition of a telephone.

Taking that one small step further: In a world with ubiquitous broadband, internet telephony with push notifications and location awareness could make traditional telco and wireless services irrelevant, even for the equivalent of enhanced 911, where the automatically operator knows where you are.

There are still some pieces missing to this puzzle, but the availability of VoIP under 3G — also true of Fring and for international calls on some Android-powered handsets provided by Verizon — is a big step forward.

And, one last thing: iPhone OS 4, expected in weeks, will enable non-core apps like Skype to operate in the background. Which means that you could be online with the internet telephony service all the time on any 3G enabled device like the iPhone and some models of the iPad.