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I've lost an Skype application

Asked by jeremy m

I couldn't open my Skype account because it was apparently already open, but I couldn't open the window. So, I deleted Skype from my compter (or so I thought). Now, I can't download a new Skype, because it is apparently already in my computer.
Please help!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try:

sudo apt-get --purge remove skype
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
mv ~/.Skype ~/.Skype_old

Then redownload / reinstall skpe

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jeremy m (globalismus) said : 		#2

I tried entering those commands, one after the other. Am still told there is already a version!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep -i skype

Thanks

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jeremy m (globalismus) said : 		#4

This is what I get :

LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
Linux new-host-7 2.6.32-41-generic #94-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 6 16:51:39 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
ii skype 4.0.0.8-1 Skype

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Ok, what is the output of:

sudo apt-get --purge remove skype

Thanks

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jeremy m (globalismus) said : 		#6

This is what I got (but it's in french...). Thank YOU!
utilisateur@new-host-7:~$ sudo apt-get --purge remove skype
[sudo] password for utilisateur:
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
Les paquets suivants seront ENLEVÉS :
  skype*
0 mis à jour, 0 nouvellement installés, 1 à enlever et 113 non mis à jour.
Après cette opération, 35,5Mo d'espace disque seront libérés.
Souhaitez-vous continuer [O/n] ? o
(Lecture de la base de données... 216418 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Suppression de skype ...
Purge des fichiers de configuration de skype ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour « desktop-file-utils »...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour « python-gmenu »...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.fr_FR.utf8.cache...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour « python-support »...
utilisateur@new-host-7:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

then run:

sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

You can now trot over to the SKype website and pull the app down again and reinstall it

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jeremy m (globalismus) said : 		#8

Well, that didn't work. I even deleted all references to Skype in the packets and updated Ubuntu which took 24hrs and still no change. Finally I found a Skype icon which couldn't be deleted (in "/usr/bin"). I decided to open it, and hey presto! It was the Skype application!
Thanks for your help and I promise to educate myself in Ubuntish soon!