No Skype tray icon in Ubuntu 15.04

Question

After installing Ubuntu 15.04 and skype (4.3.0.37) I cannot get Skype indicator to appear in tray

I've tried doing this: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/fix-for-skypepidgin-icon-missing-from-ubuntu-15-04kubuntu-15-04.html

But the icon just doesn't appear after installing those (even after rebooting the system).

I've also tried installing dconf-editor to whitelist all the icons in Unity just like shown here: How do I access and enable more icons to be in the system tray? But I don't have such option as "panel" under the "Unity" dropdown!

How can I make the indicator show up in the tray bar? I had it working in Ubuntu 14.04

Are you asking if it's autostarted when booting the system? No, I choose it from Dashboard — user2394156, Jul 06 '15 at 09:47

score 39 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '15 at 19:51

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Here http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2276023 posted the solution worked for me finally on 15.04.

sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386

Then need to restart Skype.

answered Aug 01 '15 at 19:51

Sergey Sergeyev

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Does not work for me, using Ubuntu 14.04 32 bits. – Hibou57 Nov 23 '15 at 19:08
Doesn't work for me either – elichai2 Dec 25 '15 at 08:52
This used to work for me on 14.04, but it stopped working when I upgraded. Tbh, I'm surprised Skype even functions properly, considering it's programmed for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I just migrated to Google Hangouts and TeamSpeak. – SuperSluether Jan 04 '16 at 00:56
Tested many things and options and finally this one worked for me (fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)! Yay! – madcorp Jan 05 '16 at 21:59
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It works also on 16.04. – Andrea May 07 '16 at 20:01
Working in ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS. I think this answer must be accepted. So short and nice answer. Punching to eye of the problem :) – kodmanyagha Jun 20 '17 at 12:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 06 '15 at 10:24

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Running the following command solved my problem:

sudo apt-get install libappindicator1

answered Jul 06 '15 at 10:24

user2394156

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Doesn't work for me: I have libappindicator1 installed. Skype running. No Skype icon in system tray. – Sergey Sergeyev Aug 01 '15 at 19:32
Doesn't work for me either – elichai2 Dec 25 '15 at 08:52

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 16 '16 at 06:49

this happens to me, only when skype is in autostart (i use lubuntu 12.04)

sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart i added skype:

@skype %u

this works for some months, and when skype history become big, it stop working (skype is loaded, but without tray icon) first time i fixed it with deleting /home/$user/.skype but after history was growing same happens. i run skype again and give him exit, and on second run skype have tray icon. i deside to make delay for skype:

sudo nano /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart

(this is path for Lubuntu, for Ubuntu it's different)

@/home/myuser/.skype.sh

and create in /home/myuser/ batch file .skype.sh (i want the file to be hidden):

sleep 10 && skype %u &

i saved file and make executable:

chmod +x .skype.sh

then reboot...

sorry for my poor english

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 04 '16 at 00:52

Install dconf tools:

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

Open from the terminal:

dconf-editor

Go to: com -> canonical -> indicator -> messages

In "messages", go to the label "applications" and in values, enter 'skype', including the single quotes, like so:

['skype']

Then restart the computer and open Skype.

Mattijs · Answer 5 · 2016-07-10T09:51:44.113

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After downloading 4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb and installing on 14.04 I had the same problem. I tried all the suggestions, but none worked.

Finally I removed the deb installation and used Software Center to install it (4.3.0.37). And the indicator works perfectly.

edited Jul 10 '16 at 09:51

answered Jul 10 '16 at 09:39

Mattijs

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No Skype tray icon in Ubuntu 15.04

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