I am running ubuntu 16.04 64 bit opsytem. I can neithe remove skype 4.3 nor install skype 5.5.0.1. The ubuntu repositoy responds but "waiting for installation" icon appears and nothing happens. Any idea?

If you run:

sudo apt-get install skype

What is the full output, please?

Thanks for the answer. Having typed the suggested command I recieved the
answer that skype 4.3  was already installed and a lot of linux packages
were not needed anymore. Offered to remove them. I accepted it and
having them removed coud install skype 5.5.0.1 with the normal
procedure. So the problem is solved. Thank you again for the tips. Best
regards

2017-10-14 16:11 keltezéssel, actionparsnip írta:
> Your question #659455 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/659455
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> If you run:
>
> sudo apt-get install skype
>
> What is the full output, please?
>

On the computer which was in the original question the problem has been
astonishingly resolved but on an oother machine all my efforts were in
vain. I made run sudo apt-get autoremove in order to remove the old
kernels, az it had been done automatically on the other one. But in
spite of this action done the installaton does not function by the
normal method. The file having .deb extension calls automatically the
ubuntu repository, but the installation does not start "waiting for
installation" appears. On trying sudo apt-get install skype the answer
appears: No such package has been downloaded for installation. The
translation is by myself because here the answer appears in Hungarian.
So the problem how to istall skype 5.5.0.1 on ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit
still exists.

2017-10-15 12:14 keltezéssel, actionparsnip írta:
> Your question #659455 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/659455
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> Please mark as solved
>

In fact the window of the ubuntu repository opens, the button Download
appears but the download does not start.

2017-10-15 13:04 keltezéssel, György Kiszely írta:
> Your question #659455 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/659455
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> You are still having a problem:
> On the computer which was in the original question the problem has been
> astonishingly resolved but on an oother machine all my efforts were in
> vain. I made run sudo apt-get autoremove in order to remove the old
> kernels, az it had been done automatically on the other one. But in
> spite of this action done the installaton does not function by the
> normal method. The file having .deb extension calls automatically the
> ubuntu repository, but the installation does not start "waiting for
> installation" appears. On trying sudo apt-get install skype the answer
> appears: No such package has been downloaded for installation. The
> translation is by myself because here the answer appears in Hungarian.
> So the problem how to istall skype 5.5.0.1 on ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64 bit
> still exists.
>
>
> 2017-10-15 12:14 keltezéssel, actionparsnip írta:
>> Your question #659455 on Ubuntu changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/659455
>>
>> Status: Open => Answered
>>
>> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
>> Please mark as solved
>>

For diagnostic purposes please provide the output that you receive for the commands

LANG=C uname -a
LANG=C lsb_release -crid
LANG=C sudo apt-get update
LANG=C apt-cache policy skype

Dear Manfred, here are the outputs for the commands

gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$ LANG=C uname -a

Linux gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280 4.4.0-97-generic #120-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 19
17:27:07 UTC 2017 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$

gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$ LANG=C lsb_release -crid

Distributor ID: Ubuntu

Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS

Release: 16.04

Codename: xenial

gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280 <mailto:gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280>:~$

gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$ LANG=C sudo apt-get update

Get:1 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease [247 kB]

Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]

Get:3 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]

Get:4 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
[102 kB]

Ign:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty InRelease

Hit:6 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease

Hit:7 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty Release

Get:8 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386
DEP-11 Metadata [305 kB]

Get:9 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main DEP-11
64x64 Icons [213 kB]

Get:10 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386
DEP-11 Metadata [172 kB]

Get:11 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe
DEP-11 64x64 Icons [234 kB]

Get:12 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse
i386 DEP-11 Metadata [7080 B]

Get:13 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/main i386
DEP-11 Metadata [3328 B]

Get:14 http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe
i386 DEP-11 Metadata [4588 B]

Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386
DEP-11 Metadata [60.4 kB]

Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main DEP-11
64x64 Icons [57.6 kB]

Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe i386
DEP-11 Metadata [49.2 kB]

Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe DEP-11
64x64 Icons [69.8 kB]

Fetched 1730 kB in 2s (796 kB/s)

Reading package lists... Done

gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$

gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$ LANG=C apt-cache policy skype

skype:

Installed: (none)

Candidate: (none)

Version table:

4.3.0.37-1 0

100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$

2017-10-15 17:03 keltezéssel, Manfred Hampl írta:
> Your question #659455 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/659455
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Manfred Hampl requested more information:
> For diagnostic purposes please provide the output that you receive for
> the commands
>
> LANG=C uname -a
> LANG=C lsb_release -crid
> LANG=C sudo apt-get update
> LANG=C apt-cache policy skype
>

see Bug #1701746
I suggest that you try https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/
and https://go.skype.com/linux.deb

Additional comment:
You seem to have inconsistencies in your sources.list configuration files.
You are running Ubuntu xenial, but there are sources for trusty enabled.

Thank you for your answer. As to the download: I did so althouh several
times through skype.com/hu. The result was always the same. Since there
was never such problem in installation of deb packages of third parties
even in the case of skype. I think there must be some bug in the deb
package in this case which prevents the installation. As to the sources:
in the update list I allowed only the xenial updates, as xenial
security, xenial updates, xenial-backports. I am afraid that the problem
is out of our competence since in the meantime I encountered the same
problem on an other compuer as well where upgrading of skype became
necessary as the old verson (4.3) of skype were no more supported. This
computer is running also ubuntu 16.04.

2017-10-16 08:58 keltezéssel, Manfred Hampl írta:
> Your question #659455 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/659455
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> see Bug #1701746
> I suggest that you try https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/
> and https://go.skype.com/linux.deb
>
> Additional comment:
> You seem to have inconsistencies in your sources.list configuration files.
> You are running Ubuntu xenial, but there are sources for trusty enabled.
>

1. for the sources.list entry:
What is the output of the command
grep trusty /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list

2. for installing Skype:
What happens if you try downloading and installing the .deb file from the Skype web pages?

1.gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$ LANG=C grep trusty /etc/apt/sources.list
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list
/etc/apt/sources.list:# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ -
Release i386 (20150218.1)]/ trusty main restricted
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
/etc/apt/sources.list:# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu
trusty partner
grep: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list: No such file or directory
gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$

The trusty reminiscences may come from the past because the system has
been updated from trusty tahr (ubuntu 14.04), but now the trusty
installation CD is not among the designated sources.

2. In that case everything goes on the same way but the .deb file is not
saved on the computer. The result is also the same. I tried it several
times.

2017-10-16 10:04 keltezéssel, Manfred Hampl írta:
> grep trusty/etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list

1. I assume that the "trusty" line is obsolete and can be removed, but to verify that please provide the output of the command
cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list

2. Why can't you save the .deb file on your system? Try using the right mouse button on the link and select "save target as..." (or it's Hungarian equivalent) to store the .deb file on your system.
Then try installing it with the command
sudo dkpg --install name_of_the_file.deb

1.gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$ LANG=C cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list
      1    # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS _Xenial Xerus_ - Release i386
(20160719)]/ xenial main restricted
      2    # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS _Trusty Tahr_ - Release i386
(20150218.1)]/ trusty main restricted
      3
      4    # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how
to upgrade to
      5    # newer versions of the distribution.
      6    deb http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted
      7    deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main
restricted
      8
      9    ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     10    ## distribution.
     11    deb http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main
restricted
     12    deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates
main restricted
     13
     14    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED
by the Ubuntu
     15    ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT
receive any
     16    ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
     17    deb http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
     18    deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
     19    deb http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates universe
     20    deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates
universe
     21
     22    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED
by the Ubuntu
     23    ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy
yourself as to
     24    ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that
software in
     25    ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the
Ubuntu
     26    ## security team.
     27    deb http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
     28    deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
     29    deb http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates
multiverse
     30    deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates
multiverse
     31
     32    ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
     33    ## extensively as that contained in the main release,
although it includes
     34    ## newer versions of some applications which may provide
useful features.
     35    ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT
receive any review
     36    ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
     37    deb http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports
main restricted universe multiverse
     38    deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports
main restricted universe multiverse
     39
     40    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main
restricted
     41    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security
main restricted
     42    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security universe
     43    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security
universe
     44    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security multiverse
     45    deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security
multiverse
     46
     47    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from
Canonical's
     48    ## 'partner' repository.
     49    ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by
Canonical and the
     50    ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
     51    deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
     52    # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
     53
     54    ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by
third-party
     55    ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
     56    deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main
     57    # deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial main
     58
     59    # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how
to upgrade to
     60    # newer versions of the distribution.
     61    # deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main
restricted
     62
     63    ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
     64    ## distribution.
     65    # deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates
main restricted
     66
     67    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED
by the Ubuntu
     68    ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy
yourself as to
     69    ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that
software in
     70    ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the
Ubuntu security
     71    ## team.
     72    # deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial universe
     73    # deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates
universe
     74
     75    ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED
by the Ubuntu
     76    ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy
yourself as to
     77    ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that
software in
     78    ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the
Ubuntu
     79    ## security team.
     80    # deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial multiverse
     81    # deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates
multiverse
     82
     83    ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
     84    ## extensively as that contained in the main release,
although it includes
     85    ## newer versions of some applications which may provide
useful features.
     86    ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT
receive any review
     87    ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
     88    # deb-src http://hu.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
     89
     90    ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from
Canonical's
     91    ## 'partner' repository.
     92    ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by
Canonical and the
     93    ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
     94    deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
     95    # deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
     96
     97    # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security
main restricted
     98    # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security
universe
     99    # deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security
multiverse
gyuri@gyuri-OptiPlex-GX280:~$

2. This method gave finally an output that showed  the reason of the
problem.

„The type of machine of the package is different (amd64) from that of
the system (i386)” Sorry I have thought that the system is the 64 bit
version, and did not verify it until now. So it was my fault and what a
trivial one! NB. programs from the ubuntu repository could be installed
without difficulty so I was not alert. Thank you for your effort and
useful help.

2017-10-16 14:08 keltezéssel, Manfred Hampl írta:
> cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list

1. The "trusty partner" entry in your sources.list file is obsolete.
I recommend that you edit the confog file with the command

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
scroll to line 47 and delete the lines 47 to 52 (the whole block)
You already have the equivalent for xenial in lines 90 to 95.

2. As far as I know, there currently is no version of Skype for Ubuntu 32bit https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34656/more-information-about-skype-for-linux-beta
If you see the need to use skype, then you most probably have to change over to a 64bit operating system.

Thank you again for your help. The other compuer what I mentioned before
was running really 64 bit version (amd64). Nevertheles the istallation
was not possible on the normal way.  Having  the command autoremove run
the normal way was not yet possible, but with the command dpkg finally
skype 5.5.0.1 was successfully istalled. Also the problem has been
generally solved, but it is interesting why does not function the normal
.deb package installation method in this case. Have a nice day!

2017-10-16 14:08 keltezéssel, Manfred Hampl írta:
> Your question #659455 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/659455
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> 1. I assume that the "trusty" line is obsolete and can be removed, but to verify that please provide the output of the command
> cat -n /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> 2. Why can't you save the .deb file on your system? Try using the right mouse button on the link and select "save target as..." (or it's Hungarian equivalent) to store the .deb file on your system.
> Then try installing it with the command
> sudo dkpg --install name_of_the_file.deb
>

You are right. I had known before that only 64 version of skype was
avaiable. The worse is my fault that I did not verify the system. Anyhow
as I have written recently on 64 bit system was necessary to deviate
from the normal method. I will execute the modification in my sources
list, although It had no influence on this problem. When so much
effortis done let me have a perfect system. Thank you again.

2017-10-16 15:37 keltezéssel, Manfred Hampl írta:
> Your question #659455 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/659455
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Manfred Hampl proposed the following answer:
> 1. The "trusty partner" entry in your sources.list file is obsolete.
> I recommend that you edit the confog file with the command
>
> sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
> scroll to line 47 and delete the lines 47 to 52 (the whole block)
> You already have the equivalent for xenial in lines 90 to 95.
>
> 2. As far as I know, there currently is no version of Skype for Ubuntu 32bit https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34656/more-information-about-skype-for-linux-beta
> If you see the need to use skype, then you most probably have to change over to a 64bit operating system.
>

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.