Richardah
October 10th, 2009, 12:16 PM
Hi. I'm sorry if this has already been dealt with 1000 times, but I have tried a search and failed to come up with the goods.
I am an absolute Linux newbie, although I have used W*****s for years. I have one of the original eeepc's and have experienced multiple problems logging onto wireless networks, so I thought I would try the Ubuntu on a stick distro before installing it on the machine permanently.
Really impressed with the ease of wireless connection.
I want to check out Skype and can't see how to install it. I have tried various things:
1) Went to Skype and downloaded latest version. If I double click or right click I get a box asking me to choose a program to open a deb with, but no options presented. I downloaded gdebi.tar.gz, but found the same problem.
2) Thought I would try Synaptic, so went to System, but could not see Administration
3) Command line next. Tried installing the downloaded Skype file from that but that did not work because of missing dependencies.
4) Tried the Medibuntu route. Typed in about 4 lines into the command line to add the repository, but got a 404. I double checked spaces etc.
Do I just need to sit down and spend a couple of days reading the book or is there an easy way to install Skype? It doesn't even have to be that easy as long as it works.
Richard
I am an absolute Linux newbie, although I have used W*****s for years. I have one of the original eeepc's and have experienced multiple problems logging onto wireless networks, so I thought I would try the Ubuntu on a stick distro before installing it on the machine permanently.
Really impressed with the ease of wireless connection.
I want to check out Skype and can't see how to install it. I have tried various things:
1) Went to Skype and downloaded latest version. If I double click or right click I get a box asking me to choose a program to open a deb with, but no options presented. I downloaded gdebi.tar.gz, but found the same problem.
2) Thought I would try Synaptic, so went to System, but could not see Administration
3) Command line next. Tried installing the downloaded Skype file from that but that did not work because of missing dependencies.
4) Tried the Medibuntu route. Typed in about 4 lines into the command line to add the repository, but got a 404. I double checked spaces etc.
Do I just need to sit down and spend a couple of days reading the book or is there an easy way to install Skype? It doesn't even have to be that easy as long as it works.
Richard