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Puppet module to install Skype on Fedora.

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Version information

  • 0.2.0 (latest)
  • 0.1.1
  • 0.1.0
released Oct 12th 2014
This version is compatible with:

Start using this module

  • r10k or Code Manager
  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'mjlib-skype', '0.2.0'
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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add mjlib-skype
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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install mjlib-skype --version 0.2.0

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Documentation

mjlib/skype — version 0.2.0 Oct 12th 2014

mjlib/skype

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Module Description
  3. Setup
  4. Usage
  5. Limitations
  6. Development

Overview

Puppet module to install Skype on Fedora. Based on the instructions of Install Skype 4.3 on Fedora 20/19, CentOS/RHEL/SL 7/6.5.

Module Description

The module installs Skype to /opt/skype on Fedora, sets the symlink of icons and the dot desktop file in the appropriate system directories and installs all required dependencies.

You can also use the module to update Skype.

Setup

What mjlib/skype affects

  • Note the module may delete all files under /opt/skype.
  • The following dependencies are installed if not allready defined: curl, alsa-lib.i686, fontconfig.i686, freetype.i686, glib2.i686, libSM.i686, libXScrnSaver.i686, libXi.i686, libXrandr.i686, libXrender.i686, libXv.i686, libstdc++.i686, pulseaudio-libs.i686, qt.i686, qt-x11.i686, zlib.i686, qtwebkit.i686

Beginning with mjlib/skype

To use the module you can simply include the class:

include skype

Usage

Class declaration with version number:

class { 'skype':
  version => '4.3.0.37'
}

Limitations

This module has only been tested on Fedora 20 x86_64.

Development

If you find a bug or missing a feature please send me a patch.