Skype Installation Problems

[Bob_Lade]

ibjsb4: Thanks. I'll try the new editor, but I had a crash so I've been spending my time re-installing 12.04 LTS and now I'm back to the beginning. I'll tackle the Skype installation next and let you now how it goes. Again, thanks for all your help!

-Dr. Bob

[Bob_Lade]

OK, I now have a fresh copy of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed and I went to the "Software Center" and added the canonical sources so my current sources.list file looks like the below. But after doing that I don't see Skpe listed as an available package to install. So I guess I need to take the next step, whatever that isl Here's what the sources.list file looks like:

bob@Muffin:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20140204)]/ precise main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
bob@Muffin:~$

Thanks again for your help. i am slowly learning how to navigate around with the command lines. Takes me way back to my old VMS days...

-Dr. Bob

[Bob_Lade]

Wow! Good things come to those who wait! This afternoon I went into the Software Center and Voila! there was the Skype client. I opened it and it works fine. I guess it takes time for the Software Center to populate the outside clients... Thanks to all for all the help. this was a great exercise to learn about some of the inner workings of Linux/Ubuntu.

I don't know how to mark this issue as closed, but will someone do that for me? thanks!!!

-Dr. Bob

[artie3]

Hi Bob,

I had a similar issue when I tried to install skype from the skype web page. I ended up downloading it as suggested in your first post (after adding the canonical ppa).

Everything worked for me, after I did a sudo apt-get purge skype. The skype install from skype.com failed, but left related files on your system. Using the 'purge' command cleaned out all the aborted install files.

I also recently learned about Ekiga, which works far better than skype and google voice. It's free and open source, and has no BIG BROTHER syndrome/privacy issues.

Enjoy.

Artie