Easy way to install Skype on Ubuntu

This post was written by admin on August 30, 2009
Posted Under: General

Install Skype in ubuntu is very easy,you just need to follow these steps.

First,open a terminal window and add the Medibuntu repository by this command:

For,ubuntu 9.04

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

For,ubuntu 8.10

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

For,ubuntu 8.04

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Then,add the GPG key to your keyring:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

install Skype by type this command:

sudo apt-get install skype

Now,you can open skype at Application->Internet menu.

skype

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    I have an easier way: just go to http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-ubuntu-64 (or replace “64″ with “32″).

    1 click versus 3 lines in Konsole. duh. :-)

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    Written By Captain Obvious on July 22nd, 2011 @ 12:05 am

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