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skype_4.3 in ubuntu 14.04 64 bit

Asked by anupamjamatia@gmail.com

I tried to install skype 4.3 in my 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04 machine. Previously 4.2 was installed in my system. While I am trying to install skype 4.3 version using this method describe below, after installing it again shows the version 4.2 in the starting page of skype. But when I tried with uname -a it shows the version is skype 4.3. Strange !! How to solve this problem

Step1: Remove Previous version

sudo apt-get remove skype skype-bin:i386 skype:i386
sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386

Step:2 For 64bit OS

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gdebi
wget download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb
sudo gdebi skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

apt-cache policy `dpkg -l | grep -i skype | awk {'print $2'}`; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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anupamjamatia@gmail.com (anupamjamatia) said : 		#2

skype:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4.2.0.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
  Version table:
     4.2.0.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 0
        500 http://archive.canonical.com/ trusty/partner amd64 Packages
skype-bin:i386:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 4.2.0.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
  Version table:
     4.2.0.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 0
        500 http://archive.canonical.com/ trusty/partner i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Linux anupamj-HP-ProBook-4430s 3.13.0-27-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 15 18:06:16 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

ok, run:

sudo apt-get --purge remove skype-bin:i386 skype

Skype is now no longer on your system, you can then download the new version from the Skype site and install.

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anupamjamatia@gmail.com (anupamjamatia) said : 		#4

anupamj@anupamj-HP-ProBook-4430s:~$ sudo apt-get --purge remove skype-bin:i386 skype
[sudo] password for anupamj:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'skype' is not installed, so not removed. Did you mean 'skype:i386'?
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  skype-bin:i386*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 408726 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing skype-bin (4.2.0.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) ...
Purging configuration files for skype-bin (4.2.0.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) ...

Done , but still skype is there in my system !!

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

You might have a manually installed version elsewhere on your system.
What is the output of

sudo updatedb
locate skype

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anupamjamatia@gmail.com (anupamjamatia) said : 		#6

@Manfred Hampl (m-hampl)
Please find here the output

http://fpaste.org/118708/59687514/

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

What is the output of :

dpkg -S /usr/bin/skype

Thanks

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anupamjamatia@gmail.com (anupamjamatia) said : 		#8

anupamj@anupamj-HP-ProBook-4430s:~$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/skype
skype: /usr/bin/skype

Regards

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#9

what is the output of

which skype
skype --version

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anupamjamatia@gmail.com (anupamjamatia) said : 		#10

anupamj@anupamj-HP-ProBook-4430s:~$ skype --version
Skype 4.3.0.37
© 2014 Skype and/or Microsoft

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#12

@indiens: Please do not piggyback on someone else's question that has already been marked as solved, but create a question document of your own via this link: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+addquestion

As starting point please provide the output of the terminal commands
uname -a
lsb_release -a
apt-cache policy skype
which skype
skype --version