skype icon wont appear in the task bar
i am running a test of ubuntu 12.04 and while running skype i cant see its icon on the task bar.
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- Ubuntu skype Edit question
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- Solved by:
- Subin Hutton
- Solved:
- 2012-11-20
- Last query:
- 2012-11-20
- Last reply:
- 2012-11-20
Have you got other icons in the top bar for other running apps?
Have you dragged it to the Unity bar on the left?
What is the output of:
lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy skype
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Brian Marine (crysisfreak7) said : | #2 |
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
Linux User-pc3 3.2.0-33-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 16:29:15 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
skype:i386:
Installed: 4.1.0.20-1
Candidate: 4.1.0.20-1
Version table:
*** 4.1.0.20-1 0
100 /var/lib/
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#3 |
I was having the same issue, I've resolved this issue by installing skype from ubuntus third party repo.
1 First uninstall, the skype version that you've installed now. O
2. Open software sources, click partners repo(Canonical partner).
3. After that type the following command in a terminal.
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install skype
N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : | #4 |
Skype 4.1 is not in Ubuntu Software Center. You downloaded and installed from Skype's site. Correct ? (or from PPA).
Well , remove completely this version
~$ sudo apt-get remove --purge skype*
If you added a PPA , then remove the PPA as well.
Then enable the Partners Repo in Ubuntu
~$ gksudo software-
Go to "other software" and mark the "Canonical Partners" .
Then give in terminal
~$ sudo apt-get update
~$ sudo apt-get install skype
This similar answer as @Subin Huttons gave , but I want to confirm that new Skype 4.1 is not integrated correctly in up bar. I tested too.
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Brian Marine (crysisfreak7) said : | #5 |
Thanks Subin Hutton, that solved my question.
Gabriel_P (gabp) said : | #6 |
I'm having the same issue. I tried NikTh's solution but after marking the "Canonical Partners" and doing an update I get:
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://
W: Duplicate sources.list entry http://
If I try to install from the Software Center it keeps showing version 4.1.0.20.
Gabriel_P (gabp) said : | #7 |
Found the answer here:
http://
For some reason (Unity, sigh...) Skype needs to be added to the whitelist.
Can you give the output of:
grep -R partner /etc/apt/*
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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : | #9 |
Skype version updated. Now is 4.1 . I received the update too.
For the duplicate sources , follow @andrew and give the results :-)
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Gabriel_P (gabp) said : | #10 |
This is the output of 'grep -R partner /etc/apt/*':
/etc/apt/
/etc/apt/
/etc/apt/
/etc/apt/
/etc/apt/
/etc/apt/
/etc/apt/
/etc/apt/
grep: /etc/apt/
sudo rm /etc/apt/
sudo rm /etc/apt/
sudo rm sudo rm /etc/apt/
sudo apt-get update
Gabriel_P (gabp) said : | #12 |
Thank you Andrew , that solved the 'duplicate' issue in my sources.
Cheers.
PD: There's an extra 'sudo rm' in the 4th line.
Sorry, typo. Nice catch