I have recently like many received a notification from skype to upgrade my version of skype (which is no more working anyway). I have followed all the steps on the website - then on ubuntu BUT still does not work. I have deleted the previous version (and the icon has been removed from the bar). pleease help me! I need to skype with my old mum who lives abroad and has just been for a surgery...can some one assist? please do note that I am not an IT expert...but can type commands when they are clear. THANK YOU SO MUCH
1 Answer
First remove the previous version of skype
sudo apt-get purge skype*
sudo apt-get autoremove
Then download skype from here:
and install it
sudo dpkg -i skype-package-name
for instance:
sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb
See this link for more details.
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The link suggested above for more details discourages to retrieve the package from the skype website. Quote: "It is highly recommended to use the package provided in the Canonical partner repository, not the one distributed from the Skype website. This is how installing via a Ubuntu repository guarantees that the file downloaded and installed is the same one distributed from a Ubuntu repository. However, downloading the file via http doesn't guarantee this outcome." Oct 30, 2016 at 9:08