How to add a Skype indicator?

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I've installed Skype, but the icon is not shown at the top panel (tray). As "tray-whitelist" was removed from dconf, I can't add icon by myself.

It should be present under the messaging menu, which makes it easy to access and view all email and chat clients. However, if you don't like it, sni-qt:i386 is the way to go — notablytipsy, Jul 18 '13 at 14:43
@Vic It is not duplication, since another answer works only in < 12.10. In 13.04 "tray-whitelist" was removed. That's why your one won't help on systems >=13.04 — Ivan Rylach, Sep 17 '14 at 17:28

score 174 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 17 '14 at 13:19

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I had the same problem, installing the following package fixed it for me:

sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386

edited Jun 17 '14 at 13:19

Mini John

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answered Apr 27 '13 at 06:42

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Worked on 13.10 as well! – karlingen Oct 29 '13 at 08:40
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Worked on 14.04 as well :) – Postadelmaga Mar 12 '14 at 08:50
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after logging in it is disappearing... it came back again! – Tarek Apr 22 '14 at 17:53
if skype's icon is disappearing after loggin, you have to kill 'indicator-application-service' and it will appear again. – Denis Jun 18 '14 at 00:28
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Needed a restart to work. – Mostafiz Rahman Sep 16 '14 at 14:06
Worked on 14.10 as well! – vaab Dec 30 '14 at 08:01
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More info on why this works: http://askubuntu.com/a/151118/48105 – Waldir Leoncio Jan 10 '15 at 13:42
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works on 15.05 too – Vasil Valchev May 07 '15 at 07:59
... and it works on 12.04 too ! – Arkapravo May 18 '15 at 14:41
Works on 15.10, no restart necessary. – mmdanziger Oct 29 '15 at 12:32
Works on Ubuntu 15.10 – Flimm Dec 29 '15 at 20:41
installed the 64bit as well - just in case - sudo apt-get install sni-qt sni-qt:i386 – AlikElzin-kilaka Mar 31 '16 at 07:20
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works in 16.04 too – Shabbir Dhangot Jun 08 '16 at 11:26

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 27 '13 at 12:51

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I had the same problem when I downloaded skype directly from skype.com.

To fix it just you need completely remove your installed skype, then open terminal and do this:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install skype && sudo apt-get -f install

After these manipulations I have skype icon in panel.

answered Apr 27 '13 at 12:51

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Its always a bit older version, but a good solution to a given problem – Michael Jul 03 '13 at 08:09

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 09 '13 at 17:08

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Skype icon can be visible after white listing the skype icon by gsetting set command like,

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['JavaEmbeddedFrame', 'Wine', 'Update-notifier', 'Skype']"

Found on Linuxicle : Enable skype notification icon in Ubuntu 12.04/13.04

answered Jul 09 '13 at 17:08

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This worked for me. Thanks. (Using Ubuntu 12.04.4) – alexscmar Feb 12 '14 at 14:16
From Ubuntu 13.04 on, this solution will not work as the support for systray-whitelist was removed (see). You can however install the systray-white PPA's packages to make this solution work again. – tanius Feb 17 '14 at 17:13

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 27 '13 at 18:21

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This have worked for me: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/fix-skype-not-working-in-ubuntu-1304.html Nvidia and Catalyst drivers don't run well with skype.

answered Apr 27 '13 at 18:21

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score -4 · Answer 5 · answered May 11 '13 at 16:29

I also had problems installing Skype from skype.com. I had tried to install the Ubuntu 12.04 multiarch version that seemed to be the closest they had to the one I was running which was Ubuntu 13.04 on a x86_64 (64 bit) machine. Had problems with both the sound and video and my 13.04 was a clean and recent install.

I then completely uninstalled that version and took the version from canonical.com and have now managed to successfully use Skype.

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