{"id":6666,"date":"2017-04-04T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T15:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6666"},"modified":"2017-04-04T15:19:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T15:19:59","slug":"skype-for-linux-5-1-beta-released-linux-repository","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/04\/skype-for-linux-5-1-beta-released-linux-repository\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype for Linux 5.1 Beta Released [Linux Repository]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/skype-icon.png\" alt=\"Skype for Linux\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5289\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new beta release, Skype for Linux 5.1, was announced a few hours ago.<\/p>\n<p>There are many new features and improvements coming with Skype for Linux Beta 5.1. However, only following changes are mentioned in the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.skype.com\/t5\/Linux\/What-s-New-in-Skype-5-1-for-Linux-Beta\/td-p\/4643900\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Updated to Electron 1.6.2<\/li>\n<li>Improved installer scripts that register the Skype update repository for you<\/li>\n<li>Many smaller improvements and bugfixes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><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\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Skype 5.1 in Ubuntu \/ Linux Mint:<\/h4>\n<p>Skype website offers DEB packages for download at the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/www.skype.com\/en\/download-skype\/skype-for-linux\/' class='arconix-button arconix-button-large arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Download Skype for Linux<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also add the official Skype repository to install and receive updates via Software Updater utility, by following the steps below:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or searching for &#8220;terminal&#8221; from the Dash. When it opens, run 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><i>Type in your password when it prompts and hit Enter. The command will check if the \u2018apt-transport-https\u2019 package is installed.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/check-apt-transporthttps-600x104.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Run command to install the GPG key:<\/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 repository to your system:<\/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>After adding the repository, you can install Skype for Linux either via Synaptic Package Manager or by running command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skypeforlinux<\/pre>\n<p>And future updates will be available in Software Updater along with other system updates.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove the Skype repository, go to System Settings -> Software &#038; Updates -> Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new beta release, Skype for Linux 5.1, was announced a few hours ago. There are many new features and improvements coming with Skype for Linux Beta 5.1. However, only following changes are mentioned in the announcement: Updated to Electron 1.6.2 Improved installer scripts that register the Skype update repository for you Many smaller improvements [&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":[],"class_list":["post-6666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6666","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=6666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}