While instructions on centos wiki work well you still have to symlink or copy 2 more files to get skype into gnome menus. The attached spec should also provide for pulling in i386 dependencies on a 64-bit platform.
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%define debug_package %{nil} %define __strip /bin/true Name: skype Version: 2.1.0.81 Release: 2%{?dist} Summary: Skype is free Internet telephony that just works Group: Applications/Internet License: Commercial URL: http://www.skype.com Source0: http://download.skype.com/linux/%{name}_static-%{version}.tar.bz2 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root BuildArch: i586 Requires: libglib-2.0.so.0 Requires: qt4 >= 4.2 Requires: libQtCore.so.4 Requires: libz.so.1 Requires: libasound.so.2 Requires: libX11.so.6 Requires: libXv.so.1 Requires: libXss.so.1 Provides: %{name} = %{version}-%{release} %description Skype - Take a deep breath Skype is a little piece of software that lets you make free calls to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world. And even though the calls are free, they are really excellent quality. * Make free Skype-to-Skype calls to anyone else, anywhere in the world. * Call ordinary phones and mobiles at pretty cheap rates per minute. * Group chat with up to 100 people or conference call with up to nine others. * See who you are talking to with free video calls. * Free to download. %prep %setup -qn %{name}_static-%{version} %build %install rm -rf %{buildroot} mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name} mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_bindir} mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d cp -a ./* %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name} mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/%{name}.desktop %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications cp %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/icons/SkypeBlue_32x32.png %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/icons/%{name}.png mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/%{name} %{buildroot}%{_bindir} mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/%{name}.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}/{LICENSE,README} %clean rm -rf %{buildroot} %files %defattr(-,root,root,-) %doc LICENSE README %{_datadir}/%{name} %{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop %{_datadir}/icons/%{name}.png %{_bindir}/%{name} %config %{_sysconfdir}/dbus-1/system.d/%{name}.conf %changelog * Tue Mar 22 2011 Alexander Kirillov <nevis...@infoline.su> 2.1.0.81-2 - Fixed dependencies * Mon Mar 21 2011 Alexander Kirillov <nevis...@infoline.su> 2.1.0.81-1 - Initial spec file for EL5
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