I have been bashing my head against a wall with this one; despite having trawled several relevant threads and asked in freenode, I'm still stuck.
The following thread is the closest to my issue: Can't install Skype 4.3 on Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit
Gave a 14.04 64-bit system to my dad but haven't been able to get skype running for him. The libqtwebkit4 one is given as the problem, but it is already installed - I've checked. I've also run all of the instructions in the linked thread to no avail. Partner repositories are enabled, but I can't install from apt-get either.
nothing@computer:/home/Shared$ sudo dpkg -i skype-install.deb
Selecting previously unselected package skype.
(Reading database ... 234518 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack skype-install.deb ...
Unpacking skype (4.3.0.37-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype:
skype depends on libqtwebkit4 (>= 2.1.0~2011week13).
dpkg: error processing package skype (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
skype
nothing@computer:/home/Shared$
Halp?
sudo apt-get install -f
to install missing dependencies. How do you know libqtwebkit4 is installed?skype-install.deb
file? The best way to install Skype on Ubuntu is to enable Canonical Partners and then install it the usual way, which on the command line would be:sudo apt install skype
(help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help/…)