{"id":6579,"date":"2017-03-01T14:58:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T14:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6579"},"modified":"2017-03-01T14:58:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T14:58:51","slug":"install-skype-5-0-for-linux-ubuntu-16-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/03\/install-skype-5-0-for-linux-ubuntu-16-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Skype 5.0 For Linux Beta in Ubuntu 16.04, 16.10"},"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 5.0 for Linux\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Skype 5.0 for Linux has been announced a few hours ago. It&#8217;s now in the beta stage.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s New in <a href=\"https:\/\/community.skype.com\/t5\/Linux\/Skype-5-0-for-Linux-Beta-is-here\/m-p\/4609846#M17760\" target=\"_blank\">Skype 5.0 for Linux<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calls to mobiles and landlines with Skype credit<\/li>\n<li>one-to-one VIDEO CALLS support from Linux to Skype for Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac.<\/li>\n<li>View shared screens from other Skype desktop clients<\/li>\n<li>Unity launcher now shows the number of unread conversations<\/li>\n<li>online contacts in contact list now include Away and Do Not Disturb statuses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/skypeforlinux-beta.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/skypeforlinux-beta-600x331.jpg\" alt=\"Skype for Linux Beta\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/skypeforlinux-beta-600x331.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/skypeforlinux-beta-450x248.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/skypeforlinux-beta.jpg 1052w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Skype 5.0 for Linux in Ubuntu \/ Linux Mint:<\/h4>\n<p>The new release can be installed from the Skype apt repository, simply open terminal from Unity Dash, App Launcher, or via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> shortcut key and run following commands one by one:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Make sure you have &#8216;apt-transport-https&#8217; installed by running command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">dpkg -s apt-transport-https > \/dev\/null || bash -c \"sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https -y\" <\/pre>\n<p>Type in your password (<i>no visual feedback<\/i>) when it prompts and hit Enter. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/check-apt-transporthttps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/check-apt-transporthttps-600x104.jpg\" alt=\"check-apt-transporthttps\" width=\"600\" height=\"104\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/check-apt-transporthttps-600x104.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/check-apt-transporthttps-450x78.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/check-apt-transporthttps.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Download and install Skype GPG key via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">curl https:\/\/repo.skype.com\/data\/SKYPE-GPG-KEY | sudo apt-key add -<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Add Skype apt repository to your system via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">echo \"deb [arch=amd64] https:\/\/repo.skype.com\/deb stable main\" | sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/skype-stable.list<\/pre>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> Finally, install Skype for Linux either via <b>Synaptic Package Manager<\/b> or by running following commands in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\n\nsudo apt install skypeforlinux<\/pre>\n<h4>How to Remove:<\/h4>\n<p>For any reason you can remove Skype for Linux either via Synaptic Package Manager or by running the command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt remove skypeforlinux && sudo apt autoremove<\/pre>\n<p>And you can remove the Skype repository via <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> -> Other Software.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/remove-skype-repo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/remove-skype-repo-450x234.jpg\" alt=\"remove-skype-repo\" width=\"450\" height=\"234\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/remove-skype-repo-450x234.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/remove-skype-repo-600x312.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/remove-skype-repo.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype 5.0 for Linux has been announced a few hours ago. It&#8217;s now in the beta stage. What&#8217;s New in Skype 5.0 for Linux: Calls to mobiles and landlines with Skype credit one-to-one VIDEO CALLS support from Linux to Skype for Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac. View shared screens from other Skype desktop clients Unity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[342,1423],"class_list":["post-6579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-skype","tag-skype-for-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579","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=6579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}