Can not access skype on ubuntu

Question

I have installed skype on my laptop (Ubuntu) yesterday...

It was working properly...

Today morning I re-installed Ubuntu completely...

Now it is creating trouble...

When I am trying to login it is showing can't access skype account

Should I change some proxy settings in that?

I have not done anything earlier but it was working properly..

When I tried to run

  sudo apt-get install skype skype-bin

in terminal it is showing:

Reading package lists... Done 
Building dependency tree 
Reading state information... Done 

E: Unable to locate package skype 
E: Unable to locate package skype-bin

@WolfF. this is not quite a duplicate because that was problem for that particular day.... please try to help me!! — , Oct 24 '14 at 14:06
@KasiyA : it is not saying anything.. i have removed everything and installing again now.... but when i tried sudo apt-get install skype skype-bin it is saying as i mentioned abbove — , Oct 24 '14 at 15:17
As I said you are using proxy on Ubuntu and you need to set your proxy to work on apt-get update — αғsнιη, Oct 24 '14 at 15:21
@KasiyA : i am trying donadony's answer... first two steps are fine but i did not understand third step — , Oct 24 '14 at 15:26
You don't need step 3 there. just run sudo apt-get update again. And then follow How to install skype 4.3? — αғsнιη, Oct 24 '14 at 15:41

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '14 at 14:41

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I think you need to activate the Canonical Partner repository.

answered Oct 24 '14 at 14:41

Gunnar Hjalmarsson

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i tried that... it is not working – Oct 24 '14 at 14:46
@PraphullaKoushik: Can you please try to install skype in a terminal window using sudo apt-get install skype skype-bin, and paste the exact resulting output here by editing your question. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Oct 24 '14 at 15:05
yes.. i edited the question... it is saying W: Failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/trusty-backports/universe/binary-i386/Packages 407 Proxy Authentication Required
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
– Oct 24 '14 at 15:06
@PraphullaKoushik: Yes, but that's out of context. I meant the complete output. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Oct 24 '14 at 15:09
Ok... i will do that now.. – Oct 24 '14 at 15:10
it is saying...
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package skype E: Unable to locate package skype-bin
– Oct 24 '14 at 15:11
@PraphullaKoushik: Which makes me think that you did not activate Canonical Partner. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Oct 24 '14 at 15:45
Yes... I did not do at that time.. i could not even realize... Now it is working properly.... Thank you so much :) – Oct 24 '14 at 16:06

Can not access skype on ubuntu

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