Installation Skype on CentOS 5.5

First, download the code:

cd /tmp
wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-static
mkdir /usr/share/skype
tar jxvf skype_static-2.1.0.81.tar.bz2
cd skype_static-2.1.0.81/
less README

cp skype /usr/bin/skype
cp -r avatars/* /usr/share/skype/
cp -r lang/* /usr/share/skype/
cp -r sounds/* /usr/share/skype/

skype

And your skype should be up and running!