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How to install skype on Ubuntu 8.04

Asked by suzanne varga

I tried downloading skype .
was unable to do so.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: lpia
Date: Sat Apr 4 14:02:57 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExtensionSummary:

Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.5+nobinonly+nb1-0ubuntu0.8.04.1netbook1
PackageArchitecture: lpia
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-lpia i686
UnreportableReason: This is not a genuine Ubuntu package

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This question was originally filed as bug #355126.

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suzanne varga (zsuzsava) said : 		#1
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Arnaud Soyez (weboide) said : 		#2

Skype is not available from Ubuntu official repositories as it is a proprietary software.

You can download it from:
http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/choose/
Save it in your Home/Personal Folder.
And then follow this FAQ to install it:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+faq/357

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Craig Huffstetler (xq) said : 		#3

Also, make sure you choose the right package for your P.C. (i.e. i386, 64bit, LPIA). This may have been an issue. I am not sure what exactly was the original problem was.

Following Arnaud's instructions and picking the correct architecture you should be "A okay."

Let us know if you need any help.

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peter b (b1pete) said : 		#4

suzanne, there is a site

http://www.medibuntu.org/

pls take a look and see what it is ; if you decide to go ahead using its repos then follow

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

personally I'm using v often its repos to get skype installed on various ubuntu releases - it works v well;

I just noticed that skype is available for lpia architecture too (mind you I never tried it on lpia) but I heard that it works great. give it a try and let us know the results - it'll help other users.

regards,
peter b

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Hemanth (hemanth-hm) said : 		#5

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

wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key
add - && sudo apt-get update

sudo aptitude install skype

-Hemanth

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