installing skype

Question

I have recently like many received a notification from skype to upgrade my version of skype (which is no more working anyway). I have followed all the steps on the website - then on ubuntu BUT still does not work. I have deleted the previous version (and the icon has been removed from the bar). pleease help me! I need to skype with my old mum who lives abroad and has just been for a surgery...can some one assist? please do note that I am not an IT expert...but can type commands when they are clear. THANK YOU SO MUCH

Before we can do anything to help you, you need to mention what goes wrong. Any errors or other things it tells you when you try to install it? — Dan Johansen, Aug 13 '14 at 09:46

NKN · Answer 1 · 2015-07-12T18:59:18.397

5

First remove the previous version of skype

sudo apt-get purge skype*
sudo apt-get autoremove

Then download skype from here:

and install it

sudo dpkg -i skype-package-name

for instance:

sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb

See this link for more details.

edited Jul 12 '15 at 18:59

answered Aug 13 '14 at 10:02

NKN

590
1
8
18

The link suggested above for more details discourages to retrieve the package from the skype website. Quote: "It is highly recommended to use the package provided in the Canonical partner repository, not the one distributed from the Skype website. This is how installing via a Ubuntu repository guarantees that the file downloaded and installed is the same one distributed from a Ubuntu repository. However, downloading the file via http doesn't guarantee this outcome." – XavierStuvw Oct 30 '16 at 09:08

installing skype

1 Answers1

Linked