I just got around to downloading The new LTS release from Ubuntu which is 10.04. I have to admit as a long time Gentoo Linux user I am very impressed with the speed of 10.04. There are some annoying bugs but I am working on sorting those out and I will try to post some of the results. So this morning I needed to get Skype going so i decided to whip up a quick piece on installing Skype on the newest Ubuntu.
First thing we need to do is download the .debs:
For 32-bit:
- wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-32
For 64-bit:
- http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64
There are a few extra packages you will need so lets grab those:
- apt-get install libqt4-dbus libqt4-network libqt4-xml libasound2
Note: You must bee root to install these or use the sudo command
Once those packages are installed we need to install the .deb we downloaded locally:
- dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.81-1_amd64.deb
Note: If you downloaded the 32 bit one it will be named different.
Thats all there is to it. You should now have a Skype icon in your menu or if you are using a tiling window manager like I use you would just type “skype” to launch the binary.
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It’s also in the Canonical Partners repository. You can go to the ‘start’ menu, “Ubuntu Software Center” and search for skype and install it from there via gui.
Hello Eric,
Great. Thanks for providing an alternative method to install Skype on Ubuntu.
Thanks.
alex