Install Skype 4.3 in Arch Linux / Manjaro

Hi there,

Skype just released version 4.3 for linux. You can read this article from OMG Ubuntu! to see what’s new in 4.3

Long story short:

native notifications
UI improvements (new toolbar, better login screen, design changes)
floating widget for Call
cloud based Group Chat
support for PulseAudio 3.0 and 4.0

Currently, the AUR “multilib/skype” package is not upgraded to 4.3. If you don’t wish to wait, here’s what you must do:

Download Skype -> http://www.skype.com/go/linux (Choose “Dynamic” from distribution dropdown)
Extract the archive

Shell

cd Downloads tar -xjf skype-4.3.*

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cd Downloads

tar -xjf skype-4.3.*
Move the contents of the extracted folder to /opt/skype

Shell

sudo mkdir /opt/skype sudo mv skype-4.3.*/* /opt/skype

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sudo mkdir /opt/skype

sudo mv skype-4.3.*/* /opt/skype

Edit /usr/bin/skype , and change the exec command path to exec "/opt/skype/skype" "$@"


#!/bin/bash

LIBDIR="/usr/lib32"

if [[ -e "$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so" ]]; then
        export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so"
fi

if [[ -e "/usr/share/skype/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4" ]]; then
        export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}/usr/share/skype/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4"
fi

# exec "$LIBDIR/skype/skype" "$@"  # (old one)
exec "/opt/skype/skype" "$@"

#!/bin/bash

LIBDIR="/usr/lib32"

if [[ -e "$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so" ]]; then

export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so"

if [[ -e "/usr/share/skype/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4" ]]; then

export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}/usr/share/skype/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4"

# exec "$LIBDIR/skype/skype" "$@" # (old one)

exec "/opt/skype/skype" "$@"