Install Skype Instant messanger in Debian and ubuntu
Posted by Admin on October 10th, 2006
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Skype Instant messanger in Debian
As the root user, add this line to the end of your /etc/apt/sources.list file and save.
#vi /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
Now you need to update your source list using the following command
#apt-get update
Install Skype in debian
#apt-get install skype
This will install the latest version of Skype on your computer.
After finishing installation you can open skype from Applications–>Internet—>Skype you can see this in the following screen
Skype in action
Skype Instant messanger in Ubuntu
You need to edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following Repository and save the file
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
Now you need to update your source list using the following command
sudo apt-get update
Install Skype in ubuntu
sudo apt-get install skype
This will install the latest version of Skype on your computer.
After finishing installation you can open skype from Applications–>Internet—>Skype you can see this in the following screen
Skype in action
January 30th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
good
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:02 am
Perfect! I wasn’t able to install Skype with Easyubuntu (3.1), but it worked well with this procedure.
Thanks a lot!
August 7th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
See screencast http://wikisos.org/wiki/Ubuntu_7.04:How_to_install_Skype how to install skype on Ubuntu
July 25th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
This site is just great now i can use my skype in my debian, whiles before i always have to log in to windows to be able to use skype. thanks a lot
September 26th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Hey i cannot talk using skype… please help me
Ubuntu 8.04 – Hardy
Laptop integrated mic/webcam
November 15th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Is it normal, that Skype today cannot be successfully installed on Ubuntu 6.06 (even when updated)?? Peter
November 18th, 2008 at 9:06 am
“mikail:/etc/apt# apt-get install skype”
“Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
skype: Depends: libqt4-core (>= 4.2.1) but it is not installable
Depends: libqt4-gui (>= 4.2.1) but it is not installable
E: Broken packages”
help pls :S
December 4th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
apt-get -f install miqo to solve the dependancies
then redo the apt-get install skype
January 19th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I just tried to download Skype debian – first on the website. Seemed easy, but when I open the folder it says ‘Could not open… The package might be corrupted or you are not allowed to open the file: please check the permissions of the file’
I then tried your method, typing ‘~$ sudo apt-get install skype’. In response it said:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock – open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
I am a complete beginner, so please keep any response simple.
Thank you.
February 4th, 2009 at 11:31 am
This works great thanks.
February 4th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Joejoe you have to use the sudo commands in the terminal under accessories. By default you won’t be a root user so you can’t edit files like the ap list directly.