Install Skype on Ubuntu
Ok, well I was installing Skype on Ubuntu today so that I can randomly talk to people without needing a good signal on my phone. I mentioned that I was doing this to a friend who also uses Ubuntu and got back and I Quote ´You can´t install Skype on Ubuntu I tried for hours and couldn´t get it to work´
Well quite frankly that is a stupid comment, Skype is actually very easy to install and it is easy to find in a google search, however for those ignorant people that can´t be bothered to search using google here is how:
Firstly you don't need to build Skype or do anything like that, Skype is available in a repository so it can be installed like every other application using apt-get or the package manager, the only thing that is needed is to add the repository to Ubuntu so it knows about it, to do this all you have to do is type the following:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
Now that you have done that run the following:
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Now you need to update the repo info, use the following command:
sudo apt-get update
Now there is one final command to run:
sudo apt-get install skype
Thats it skype should be install and you can connect as usual, simple really... This can be executed by typing skype at the commandline or by going to the Application - Internet Menu.
This was done under intrepid but should work fine under other versions just make sure that you choose the right list file, to do this change the first command so you grab the correct .list file, thats it done and dusted.....
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