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Old July 6th, 2005   #1
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HowTo: Add Official Skype Apt Repository

According to this thread on the Skype forums:

"yum/apt repositories - please test" posted by 'terminus', a member of the 'Skype staff'

They now have an official Skype apt source for Skype for Linux. From the above linked post, here's the details on the apt repository:

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Using Skype's apt repository

Simply add the following line to your sources.list file (usually /etc/apt/sources.list):

Code:
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
Now you can use apt-get update to sync to latest repository and then apt-get install skype to install Skype on your machines.
Edit: I just added it to my sources.list and it works fine.
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Old July 6th, 2005   #2
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Re: HowTo: Add Official Skype Apt Repository

Thanks for this lotusleaf. Works well

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Old July 7th, 2005   #3
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Re: HowTo: Add Official Skype Apt Repository

Worked perfectly for me. Big thanks! I always forgot to update my skype...
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Old July 7th, 2005   #4
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Re: HowTo: Add Official Skype Apt Repository

Works for me too, updating as we speak Thanks!

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Old July 7th, 2005   #5
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Re: HowTo: Add Official Skype Apt Repository

I'll second that --- nice tip for us who always forget to manually check for updates! Also, as for now, I'm only using Skype for telephony, via SkypeOut and SkypeIn. So far so good ...
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Old July 9th, 2005   #6
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Re: HowTo: Add Official Skype Apt Repository

Hi...

Just thought i should mention that this does not work on 64bit installs of ubuntu.
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Old July 16th, 2005   #7
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Re: HowTo: Add Official Skype Apt Repository

Using the official Skype repository is now the method included in the Ubuntu Wiki guide at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeHowto
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Old August 4th, 2005   #8
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Re: HowTo: Add Official Skype Apt Repository

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Originally Posted by lotusleaf
According to this thread on the Skype forums:

"yum/apt repositories - please test" posted by 'terminus', a member of the 'Skype staff'

They now have an official Skype apt source for Skype for Linux. From the above linked post, here's the details on the apt repository:



Edit: I just added it to my sources.list and it works fine.
This really works.
Great.
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Old October 2nd, 2005   #9
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Re: HowTo: Add Official Skype Apt Repository

I have a problem with this. It tells me:
Code:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
skype: Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3.2) but 3:3.3.3-7ubuntu3 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
Can somebody help me?

Edit: I'm REALLY sorry, I forgot I mustn't post questions here... Sorry...

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Old October 2nd, 2005   #10
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Re: HowTo: Add Official Skype Apt Repository

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Originally Posted by agm642
I have a problem with this. It tells me:
Code:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
skype: Depends: libqt3c102-mt (>= 3:3.3.3.2) but 3:3.3.3-7ubuntu3 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
Can somebody help me?
Edit: I'm REALLY sorry, I forgot I mustn't post questions here... Sorry...
it's a skype bug. For some reasons their Debian version on which they built the package has 3:3.3.3.2, not 3:3.3.3-x as Ubuntu and some other distros (including Debian) have. Search a forum and you will find the solution. You need actually install a previous version which is compiled fine or use another method.
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