skype install on ubuntu 14.04 dependency hell

Question

im trying to install skype since empathy and pidgin doesnt work so im stuck in the installation, anything seems to work, i tried using synaptics, gdeb with the packages from the page, even tried everything in here too

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2229249

but nothing seems to work!

libqtwebkit4:i386 : Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 o libgl1:i386 Depends: libqt4-opengl:i386 (>= 4:4.5.3) but wont be intalled

anyone has an idea to what can i do?

of course i already tried sudo apt-get -f install too

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 17 '15 at 13:40

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Don't make it too much complex. Just download skype from its official website. Click here to download and choose your distribution (for you, its Ubuntu 12.04 (multiarch) ). A debian file will be downloaded and your just a double-click away from installing skype. Enjoy!

answered Mar 17 '15 at 13:40

harirehm

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man, already tried! it keeps happening the same thing i already downloaded that one and the debian only one and the ubuntu 10 32 too! – Abdul Hamid Mar 17 '15 at 13:41
Have you able to use sudo apt-get install for other packages after trying to install skype ?? – harirehm Mar 17 '15 at 13:50
actually yes! :( – Abdul Hamid Mar 17 '15 at 13:57
your running in 32 bit or 62? – harirehm Mar 17 '15 at 15:11
64 bits man sorry, didnt specified that one – Abdul Hamid Mar 17 '15 at 15:22
So the architecture may be a problem (i368 is for 32 bit). If this is the problem, installing ia32-libs package can solve the case. Let us know if this solves the issue – harirehm Mar 17 '15 at 16:11
so i tried to install those libraries and i got a lot more dependencies problems now – Abdul Hamid Mar 17 '15 at 16:28
sooo i installed intel drivers and it worked! thanks man @harirehm – Abdul Hamid Mar 17 '15 at 16:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Canonical has made the latest Skype 4.3 into the partners repository. I've followed these steps by ubuntuhandbook.org and they work.

Remove other version of skype first, type this in a terminal sudo apt-get remove skype skype-bin && rm -rf ~/.skype
Open Software & Updates and enable Canonical partners repository under Other Software tab.
Install Skype sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype

If you still can't run skype and you have NVidia graphic card, see my other answer

skype install on ubuntu 14.04 dependency hell

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