Skype is a telecommunications application to provide video, chat and voice communication between computers, tablets, mobile devices over the Internet connection. In the following tutorial we will perform installation of Skype on CentOS 8 Linux Desktop
In this tutorial you will learn:
- How to add third-party repository
- How to install Skype
- How to start Skype
Software Requirements and Conventions Used
Category | Requirements, Conventions or Software Version Used |
---|---|
System | CentOS 8 Linux |
Software | N/A |
Other | Privileged access to your Linux system as root or via the sudo command. |
Conventions |
# – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command$ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user |
How to install Skype on CentOS 8 Linux step by step instructions
- Enable getpagespeed Extras repository:
# dnf install -y https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-el8-latest.rpm
- Use
dnf
command to Install packageskypeforlinux
:# dnf install -y skypeforlinux
- Strat skype from your desktop menu or by entering the following command on your terminal:
$ skypeforlinux