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/ Installation Skype on CentOS 5.5 16 July 2010 im