If you’re interested in running Skype on Ubuntu then follow these steps.
From the Ubuntu System menu select:
Administration –> Synaptic Package Manager
Inside Synaptic Package Manager select the Tools –> Repositories menu option. Make sure all the checkboxes are checked. Then close the Synaptic Package Manager.
Next you need to add the Medibuntu repository. Full details about this repository, including installation instructions, can be found on the Medibuntu home page.
To install Medibuntu you need to run a Terminal window session. From the Ubuntu Applications –> Accessories menu select Terminal
Assuming you’re running Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn you need to enter the following into a command window. If you’re using an earlier version of Ubuntu then refer to the Medibuntu home page for installation instructions.
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/feisty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update
sudo aptitude install skype
That’s it!
Skype should now be available from the Applications –> Internet menu.
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Builders // Sep 24, 2007 at 8:21 am
Wow that’s very simple instruction but a faster way of installing skype on Ubuntu. Last month I did it but it takes an hour to install it. Coz Skype is not available on Ubuntu software repository, and therefore cannot be installed with Ubuntu’s package management software such as Synaptic or apt-get without adding the Skype repostory.
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3 Saulius // Oct 20, 2007 at 2:53 pm
–NO — NO — NO
better is:
deb http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/ stable non-free
Install Skype:
# sudo apt-get install skype
4 Dean // Oct 30, 2007 at 8:11 pm
Saulius - I finally got round to trying your suggestion of installing the deb package. I ran into lots of issues and couldn’t get it to work. Maybe it is caused by me running Ubuntu 64-bit.
There are lots of good resources on the web to help with installing Skype on Ubuntu 64-bit. But to be honest, I don’t have the patience to mess around for ages on the command line, installing packages, missing libraries, etc.
I was up and running with Skype using Medibuntu in minutes, so that is the way I will stick with for now.
5 Victor // Mar 5, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Thank you!! i have been trying to install this on ubuntu for soo long… you have no idea how helpful this was….
6 RichardLee // Apr 10, 2008 at 12:33 am
This way will keep back and remove many packages, which hurt the current system.
7 Ash // May 3, 2008 at 12:14 am
This is really what so called wowwww.
The process didn’t take time and Skype was runnin fantastically.
Thank You
8 YAHYA // May 10, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Thank you …….
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