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how best is Skype installed via snap?

nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ snap find skype
Name            Version                 Publisher    Notes  Summary
skype           8.88.0.401              skype✓       -      One Skype for all your devices. New features. New look. All Skype.
skyperious      5.3                     suurjaak     -      Skype chat history tool
audio-recorder  3.0.5+rev1432+pkg-7b07  brlin        -      A free audio-recorder for Linux (EXTREMELY BUGGY)
guvcview        2.0.6+pkg-f796          brlin        -      A simple v4l2 full-featured video grabber
spreedme        0.29.5snap1             nextcloud✓   -      Spreed.ME audio/video calls and conferences feature for the Nextcloud Snap
fakecam         2.2.0                   diddledani✪  -      Fakecam
ferdi           5.8.1                   getferdi     -      Ferdi
singlebox       23.2.1                  webcatalog   -      All-in-One Messenger
nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ snap info skype
name:      skype
summary:   One Skype for all your devices. New features. New look. All Skype.
publisher: Skype✓
store-url: https://snapcraft.io/skype
contact:   https://www.skype.com/
license:   Proprietary
description: |
  Skype keeps the world talking. Say “hello” with an instant message, voice or video call – all for
  free. Skype is available on phones, tablets, PCs, Macs and Linux.
  
  • Video calls – Don’t just hear the cheers, see it! Get together with 1 or 49 of your friends and
  family on a video call. Watch everyone’s smiles and cries when you tell them “We’re engaged!!!"
  
  • Chat – Reach people instantly. Send messages to your friends, liven up conversations with
  emoticons and Mojis, or create a group chat to make weekend plans with up to 300 people.
  
  • Share – Do more together. Easily share your screen, photos, videos, documents, and files with
  your family and friends. Unlike email, Skype will transfer up to 300MB per file.
  
  • Voice calls – Camera shy? Make voice calls to anyone on Skype. You can also call mobile and
  landlines at low rates.
  
  Microsoft Services Agreement - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2097426
snap-id: QRDEfjn4WJYnm0FzDKwqqRZZI77awQEV
channels:
  latest/stable:     8.88.0.401  2022-09-01 (226) 147MB -
  latest/candidate:  ↑                                  
  latest/beta:       ↑                                  
  latest/edge:       ↑                                  
  insider/stable:    8.89.76.102 2022-09-06 (227) 147MB -
  insider/candidate: ↑                                  
  insider/beta:      ↑                                  
  insider/edge:      ↑                                  
nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ snap run skype
error: cannot find current revision for snap skype: readlink /snap/skype/current: no such file or directory
nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ uname -a
Linux mordor 5.15.0-47-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 11 07:51:15 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
nicholas@mordor:~$ 
nicholas@mordor:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Release:    22.04
Codename:   jammy
nicholas@mordor:~$

see also:

Start Skype (snap installation)

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  • I thought that the "checkmark" above meant that skype was already installed from snap and that another version would be better in some regard.
    – Nicholas Saunders
    Sep 8, 2022 at 5:27

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To install the Skype snap, run:

sudo snap install skype

Installation instructions for snaps are always on the snap store URL after you click "Install".

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  • that's what's already installed, though. There's some sort of other version or something, however.
    – Nicholas Saunders
    Sep 6, 2022 at 21:59
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    @NicholasSaunders Neither snap find nor snap info tell anything about installation status. If you want to know which snaps are installed, use snap list instead.
    – mook765
    Sep 6, 2022 at 23:50
  • I'll take another look @mook765 -- I thought it was installed because of the check mark...
    – Nicholas Saunders
    Sep 7, 2022 at 19:25
  • installing via snap causes some errors like freezing menus or invisible share buttons etc. i tried manuel installation, it works fine
    – Ferhat
    Sep 26, 2022 at 13:42

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