How-To Install Skype on Moblin v2.1

Here are the instructions on how to install skype on Moblin. These are actually for Fedora 10 but they work perfectly for Moblin.

From http://kasolutions.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/installing-skype-on-fedora-10/ :

step 1: create a file in /etc/yum.repos.d/ by the name skype.repo with the following contents

[skype]

name=Skype Repository

baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/

gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc

enabled=1

gpgcheck=0

step 2: open a terminal and issue the following command as root user

$ yum install skype

After you do that you probably want Skype to show up in under your Applications. In order to do that navigate to /usr/share/applications/ and edit the skype.desktop file.

cd /usr/share/applications/

sudo vi skype.desktop

Then make the document look just like this:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Name=Skype

Comment=Internet Chat

GenericName=Skype

Exec=skype

Terminal=false

X-MultipleArgs=false

Type=Application

Icon=skype.png

Categories=Network

Then hit "alt + :" to get out of the editing mode. Finally hit ":wq!" to save and quit vi. You may have to reboot at this point, but when you do Skype should show under applications in the internet section.