{"id":1331,"date":"2013-08-14T05:48:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T05:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2013-08-14T05:48:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T05:48:11","slug":"install-skype-4-2-in-elementary-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/08\/install-skype-4-2-in-elementary-os\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Skype 4.2 in Elementary OS Luna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial shows you how to <b>install Skype in the Elementary OS 0.2 Luna<\/b>. As you may know, Elementary OS is a lightweight and beautiful Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise. So that you can easily install Skype in it via the Canonical Partners repository.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/skype-elementary-os.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/skype-elementary-os.jpg\" alt=\"Skype in Elemantary OS\" width=\"460\" height=\"291\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/skype-elementary-os.jpg 460w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/skype-elementary-os-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>To get started<\/b>, start the <i>Software Center<\/i> from dock, navigate to <i>Edit -> Software Sources&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/software-sources.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/software-sources.jpg\" alt=\"Elementary software sources\" width=\"460\" height=\"293\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/software-sources.jpg 460w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/software-sources-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In next window, go to <i>Other Software<\/i> tab. Check the boxes to enable Canonical Partners repository: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/enable-partners-repository.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/enable-partners-repository.jpg\" alt=\"elementary enable canonical partners repository\" width=\"427\" height=\"185\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/enable-partners-repository.jpg 427w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/enable-partners-repository-300x129.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> to open a terminal window. Run below commands to update package lists and install Skype:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install skype<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/install-skype-elementary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/install-skype-elementary.jpg\" alt=\"Install skype in Elementary OS\" width=\"460\" height=\"71\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/install-skype-elementary.jpg 460w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/install-skype-elementary-300x46.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once done, you can open Skype from the top-left <i>Applications<\/i> menu.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial shows you how to install Skype in the Elementary OS 0.2 Luna. As you may know, Elementary OS is a lightweight and beautiful Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise. So that you can easily install Skype in it via the Canonical Partners repository. To get started, start the Software Center from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[435,446],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-elementary-os-luna","tag-install-skype-in-elementary-os"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}