{"id":5789,"date":"2016-04-13T18:13:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T18:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=5789"},"modified":"2016-04-13T18:13:43","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T18:13:43","slug":"install-skype-4-3-in-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/install-skype-4-3-in-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Skype 4.3 in Ubuntu 16.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/skype-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/skype-icon.png\" alt=\"Skype Ubuntu 16.04\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Skype for Linux sucks. It is lagging behind and has lots of problems, but some of Ubuntu users may still need this application.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the quick tip for beginners how to install Skype 4.3 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Enable Canonical Partners Repository<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Canonical partners repository offers access to proprietary and closed-source software including Skype for Linux and is not enabled by default.<\/p>\n<p>To enable it, launch <b>Software &#038; Updater<\/b> from <i>Unity Dash<\/i> or <i>System Settings<\/i>, then check the first box in <b>Other Software<\/b> tab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/enable-canonical.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/enable-canonical-600x222.jpg\" alt=\"enable canonical partners\" width=\"600\" height=\"222\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/enable-canonical-600x222.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/enable-canonical-450x167.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/enable-canonical.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second &#8220;Canonical Partners (Source Code)&#8221; is not required unless you want to get software sources and make some changes.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Skype won&#8217;t be listing in the Software App even after adding the partners repository. To install it, use Synaptic Package Manager (need to install):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>click <b>Reload<\/b> to update cache<\/li>\n<li>click <b>Search<\/b> and search Skype<\/li>\n<li>right-click skype package from the list and select &#8220;Mark for Installation&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>click Apply to apply changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-skype-synaptic.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-skype-synaptic-600x280.jpg\" alt=\"install-skype-synaptic\" width=\"600\" height=\"280\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-skype-synaptic-600x280.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-skype-synaptic-450x210.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-skype-synaptic.jpg 883w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or just open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and paste following command and hit run:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt update && sudo apt install skype<\/pre>\n<p>Type in your password <i>(no visual feedback while typing password)<\/i> when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-skype.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-skype-600x72.jpg\" alt=\"install-skype\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-skype-600x72.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-skype-450x54.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/install-skype.jpg 732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally launch Skype from Unity Dash or App Launcher and enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype for Linux sucks. It is lagging behind and has lots of problems, but some of Ubuntu users may still need this application. Here&#8217;s the quick tip for beginners how to install Skype 4.3 in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: 1. Enable Canonical Partners Repository Canonical partners repository offers access to proprietary and closed-source software including Skype [&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":[342],"class_list":["post-5789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-skype"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789","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=5789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}