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    Home»Linux Tutorials»How To Install Skype on Ubuntu 18.04

    How To Install Skype on Ubuntu 18.04

    RahulBy RahulOctober 16, 20172 Mins ReadUpdated:April 19, 2022

    Skpye is the most popular application in the Internet world for Audio/Video calling, Videoconferencing, and the amazing support of IM and file sharing. Currently Skype 8.58 is available to download from Skype official download page. Below are the few key features of Skype and installation instructions.

    Skype Features

    The latest version of Skype have a number of of features, Useful for a small office as well as large corporate.

    • Audio Calling (Free Skype to Skype)
    • Video Calling
    • Video conferencing
    • File sharing
    • Screen sharing
    • Group screen sharing
    • Calls to mobiles and landlines
    • And many more features…

    Step 1 – Download Skype Debian Package

    First of all, download the Skype package for the Debian system from its official download page. You can also use the below command to download the latest available Debian package.

    wget https://repo.skype.com/latest/skypeforlinux-64.deb
    

    Step 2 – Install Skype on Ubuntu

    Use the following command to install the downloaded skype package on your Ubuntu system.

    sudo dpkg -i skypeforlinux-64.deb
    

    In the case of the above command failed to install the package due to any dependency run command.

    sudo apt-get install -f
    

    Step 3 – Launch Skype

    Use your dashboard skype button to start skype on your system, or you can use the following command as well.

    skypeforlinux
    

    For the first time, it will prompt for accepting an agreement.

    Skype launch on Debian

    Skype on Ubuntu, Debian

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    11 Comments

    1. YLK on April 19, 2021 7:22 pm

      Would be better if Skype kept older versions for backwards compatibility with older versions of Linux/Ubuntu (like 16.04, 18.04, etc.).

      Reply
    2. Arun Chandel on July 8, 2019 8:57 am

      I downloaded dpkg skype package. But giving unmet dependencies error.

      I run the following command and it work for me.

      # apt-get -f install

      Reply
    3. craig on December 5, 2018 7:54 pm

      who in their right minds is still using Skype?

      Reply
    4. Ernest Giorgi Dolog on February 20, 2018 10:18 pm

      Thx! It really works. Many trash in this topic online, this ISN’T!

      Reply
    5. kane on February 8, 2018 1:23 am

      WOOW ! Hell ya ! 🙂 Thanks bro

      Reply
    6. Gautam on January 29, 2018 7:57 am

      Thanks man really helpful 🙂

      Reply
    7. Mezbah on December 31, 2017 10:01 am

      thanks man.

      Reply
    8. Davinder on December 14, 2017 5:18 am

      Perfect man!!!

      Reply
    9. Ricj B on November 24, 2017 11:20 am

      Unfortunately the latest versions of Skype (8+) are like Labour: present, but won’t work. 8,10 showed a blank white window, 8,11 a black one. NOTHING worked, minimizing gave me a crash.
      Where can I get a Skype 5.5 beta version, I searched a lot but would not find any repository.

      Reply
    10. pavlos on October 26, 2017 8:38 pm

      Tried on a 17.10 fresh install …

      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      skypeforlinux : Depends: gconf-service but it is not installable
      Depends: libgconf-2-4 (>= 3.2.5) but it is not installable

      Reply
    11. Dietmar Reigber on February 8, 2016 5:08 pm

      Hi Rahul,

      why is there a .d after the sources.list filename? (sources.list.d) Will this create an additional sources file just for Skype? Or was the .d not intentional? Pls advise.

      Best regards from Mauritius,
      Dietmar

      Reply

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