Cannot install skype after upgrading to Ubuntu 14.10

Question

After upgrading to 14.10 Skype was removed from my installed packages. When trying to install I get this message:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
skype : Depends: skype-bin

I've attempted installing with apt-get, the deb from Skype, and the software center with no luck. I've tried several methods including the ones listed here:

How to install Skype 4.3?

Thank you for any help

@GunnarHjalmarsson i have got similar problem... please see http://askubuntu.com/questions/541012/can-not-access-skype-on-ubuntu — , Oct 24 '14 at 14:13
@GunnarHjalmarsson, I did try that with no luck. It says it's missing libqtwebkit4:i386. — Andrew Smith, Oct 24 '14 at 14:32
What is the output of running these two commands: dpkg --print-foreign-architectures AND dpkg --print-architecture? — αғsнιη, Oct 24 '14 at 14:58
I'm assuming that means you have run sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 right? — John Scott, Oct 25 '14 at 02:21
Yes Run sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 and sudo apt-get update and follwo the installation from skype 4.3 link. — αғsнιη, Oct 25 '14 at 05:08
Still not working for me. Just yields a bunch of missing :i386 packages — Andrew Smith, Oct 29 '14 at 20:23

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 05 '14 at 21:11

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I experienced the same, and that's what helped me:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ondrej-php5-trusty.list

Than remove the hashes (#) re-enable that PPA which were disabled by updating system

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install skype

answered Nov 05 '14 at 21:11

apex39

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You rock! This fixed my issue! :) – Andrew Smith Nov 06 '14 at 21:39
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You're welcome. Updating from 14.04 to 14.10 made it. – apex39 Nov 06 '14 at 21:45
Nailed it! Their packages on their site only supports 12.10 – Jamie Hutber Apr 13 '16 at 11:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '14 at 11:22

I just have had same issue, And run the following commands:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype-bin
wget download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb
sudo gdebi skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb

And thats it, my skype has started like a charm. :)

Cannot install skype after upgrading to Ubuntu 14.10

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