Install Skype in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala 64-bit?

[joelzehring]

I followed both sets of instructions at this blog:

http://blog.dipinkrishna.info/2009/08/how-to-install-skype-on-ubuntu-910.html#

Neither resulted in a successful install of Skype.

Any advice?

[lrcaballero]

Install it via Applications/Ubuntu Software Center and then go to Applications/Accessories/ Skype and you are all done....Sometimes you have to restart you computer....

Good Luck

Luis

[uplink3r]

It's working fine for me (64-bit). I ran it last night, didn't explicitly update skype, but I assume it was updated with the upgrade from 9.04 to 9.10. My friend DID have trouble seeing me, but I think that was a problem on her end.

What exactly is your problem?

EDIT: I installed from repositories, obviously. Do what the dude above me says.

[taurus]

What was the error message? Can't really help you much if you don't include which command you ran and the error message when you ran that command.

[joelzehring]

Install it via Applications/Ubuntu Software Center and then go to Applications/Accessories/ Skype and you are all done....Sometimes you have to restart you computer....

Good Luck

Luis

A little background:

Ubuntu Software Center search shows no sign of Skype. It just doesn't show up, even when I scroll through the complete list of apps.

Ubuntu Tweak Application tab shows Skype under its list of Third-Party Sources, but adding the repo and refreshing results in a 404 Error.

Which brings me to the blog post. After adding a source, the following command is prescribed to add a medibuntu source list to my systems sources, but entering it in the terminal results in a 404 Error:


$ sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Downloading the linked 64-bit .deb package results in this error:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zL3JwrE_pLo/Szq97zcB8eI/AAAAAAAABZs/Wv9pzNk0v-I/screenshot_001.png

Does that provide enough info to troubleshoot the issue?

Thanks.

Joel

[taurus]

You are running karmic, not hardy or intrepid! That is your problem, mixing releases.

You need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list and change hardy (or whatever) to karmic.

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

[joelzehring]

I'll try.

Why doesn't Skype show in the Software Center?

[joelzehring]

No Hardy in the file. All Karmic.

[taurus]

Post the outputs of these commands.


more /etc/apt/sources.list
ls -la /etc/apt/sources.list.d
more /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

[joelzehring]

joelzehring@joel-msinotebook:~$ more /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release amd64 (20091027)]/ karmic 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/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

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

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## 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/ karmic-backports main restricted univ
erse multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted
universe 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 karmic partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free

joelzehring@joel-msinotebook:~$ ls -la /etc/apt/sources.list.d
total 76
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-12-29 20:13 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-12-29 20:21 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 2009-12-29 20:06 avant-window-navigator.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 2009-12-29 20:06 avant-window-navigator.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48 2009-12-29 20:06 google-chrome.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48 2009-12-29 20:06 google-chrome.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272 2009-05-01 10:26 medibuntu.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272 2009-05-01 10:26 medibuntu.list~
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2009-12-29 20:06 mplayer.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2009-12-29 20:06 mplayer.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 95 2009-12-29 20:06 openshot.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 95 2009-12-29 20:06 openshot.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73 2009-12-29 20:06 pdfmod.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73 2009-12-29 20:06 pdfmod.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-12-29 20:02 skype.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72 2009-12-29 20:02 skype.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71 2009-12-29 20:06 smplayer.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71 2009-12-29 20:06 smplayer.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68 2009-12-29 20:06 xbmc.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68 2009-12-29 20:06 xbmc.list.save

joelzehring@joel-msinotebook:~$ more /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free #Medibuntu - Ubuntu 9.10
"karmic koala"
#deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free #Medibuntu (source)
- Ubuntu 9.10 "karmic koala"

[joelzehring]

Incidentally, I tried to manually install the Medibuntu package from this URL:

http://packages.medibuntu.org/karmic/skype.html

I got this error:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_zL3JwrE_pLo/SzrN78tah9I/AAAAAAAABZ4/K-vQ18LHjc4/screenshot_002.png

[taurus]

joelzehring@joel-msinotebook:~$ more /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 9.10 _Karmic Koala_ - Release amd64 (20091027)]/ karmic 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/ karmic main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted

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

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## 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/ karmic-backports main restricted univ
erse multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted
universe 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 karmic partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu karmic partner

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free

joelzehring@joel-msinotebook:~$ ls -la /etc/apt/sources.list.d
total 76
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2009-12-29 20:13 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2009-12-29 20:21 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 2009-12-29 20:06 avant-window-navigator.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 2009-12-29 20:06 avant-window-navigator.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48 2009-12-29 20:06 google-chrome.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48 2009-12-29 20:06 google-chrome.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272 2009-05-01 10:26 medibuntu.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272 2009-05-01 10:26 medibuntu.list~
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2009-12-29 20:06 mplayer.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69 2009-12-29 20:06 mplayer.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 95 2009-12-29 20:06 openshot.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 95 2009-12-29 20:06 openshot.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73 2009-12-29 20:06 pdfmod.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73 2009-12-29 20:06 pdfmod.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2009-12-29 20:02 skype.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 72 2009-12-29 20:02 skype.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71 2009-12-29 20:06 smplayer.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 71 2009-12-29 20:06 smplayer.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68 2009-12-29 20:06 xbmc.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68 2009-12-29 20:06 xbmc.list.save

joelzehring@joel-msinotebook:~$ more /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free #Medibuntu - Ubuntu 9.10
"karmic koala"
#deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free #Medibuntu (source)
- Ubuntu 9.10 "karmic koala"

A couple of things.

1. Change the jaunty in /etc/apt/sources.list to karmic because it is not a good idea to mix repos in /etc/apt/sources.list.

2. Look in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype.list to see which release you have in there. Bet it says intrepid. Change it to karmic if it says anything else in there.

[joelzehring]

1. Change the jaunty in /etc/apt/sources.list to karmic because it is not a good idea to mix repos in /etc/apt/sources.list.

It says jaunty in a ppa for do, and that's it. I change it, but can't save the file as it is Read-Only. How do I change this permission?

2. Look in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype.list to see which release you have in there. Bet it says intrepid. Change it to karmic if it says anything else in there.

This file is empty. /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype.list.save contains this string:

deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian stable non-free

[taurus]

What are the outputs of these two commands?


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install skype

To edit /etc/apt/sources.list, run


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

[joelzehring]

joelzehring@joel-msinotebook:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for joelzehring:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for joelzehring:
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release [2,540B]
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable/main Packages [873B]
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/free Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/free Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic/non-free Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages
Fetched 3,602B in 6s (531B/s)
Reading package lists... Done


joelzehring@joel-msinotebook:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package skype is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package skype has no installation candidate

[taurus]

Open synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic) and Search for skype.

[joelzehring]

Related packages, but no Skype.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zL3JwrE_pLo/Szrj91TxluI/AAAAAAAABaE/9IyhXhsdkIQ/s800/screenshot_002.png

[joelzehring]

Success! These forum post helped greatly:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1366355&highlight=skype&page=2

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1352648&page=6

I found the right packages (skype common and skype 2.1.0.47) here:

http://packages.medibuntu.org/pool/non-free/s/skype/

Should I expect any negative behavior from this solution?