Eventhough i did
skype is not worked properly for me in 11.04........Quote:
rm -rf ~/.Skype
pls help me....
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Eventhough i did
skype is not worked properly for me in 11.04........Quote:
rm -rf ~/.Skype
pls help me....
Perhaps if you start at the beginning of the story it will make more sense.
How did you install Skype? From the Software Center?
What did you do after rm -rf'ing skype? (and who told you to do that?)
What exactly is not working properly? Does Skype start? Can you log in? Do you see your contacts? Can you make a call? Video working? etc. etc. etc.
i downloaded skype 2.2 beta .deb 64 bit .deb file from skype site...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ms. Daisy
and installed using "dpkg -i" command
as my title implies, when i am trying to sign in , it shows error "p2p connect failed"
when i tried in google , many threads said "do rm -rf ~/.Skype" for this problem and some said they can sign in after they did rm -rf ~/.Skype......
Thank u for your Response......
If you need , am ready to give you more info too....
I'm afraid I don't know how to fix the downloaded version you used. But you may want to consider removing the package you installed, then installing skype from the software center instead.
thanks for ur guide.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Ms. Daisy
just i want to let u know is
version: Skype 2.2.0.35-1
whats problem with this version??
Can u elaborate?
Go to the Ubuntu Software Centre and search for skype
select install
try it again.
It is not a good idea to go running the rm -rf command unless you actually know what it is going to remove. It is a very powerful command and can make your system completely unusable if you get it wrong. Always check out what a command does before you run it.
Any command you want to know about, just open a terminal and type
man <name of command>
like this
Let us know how the skype reinstall goes.Code:man rm
Hope this is of some help to you.
First, +1 to winh8r's comment.Quote:
Originally Posted by rrsk
To answer the question "what's the problem with this version?"-
Software Center is the preferred method to install sofware. It is designed specifically to make installation super simple.
Here's a link which will explain in greater detail why the software center is the best way to go.
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installingsoftware
I had the same problem. I didn't use Skype for a long time so i didn't realize it was no working till today. I have Ubuntu 11.10 64bits with Skype installation from Ubuntu repository. I just renamed .Skype directory and it worked again.
Moving/renaming the entire skype directory can be overkill, usually you just need to delete the shared.xml file and you'll be good to go
I did 'apt-get autoremove' to remove a package that was no longer used. After this, skype started working normally.