Installing Skype in Ubuntu

To install skype you need to Enable The Canonical Partners Repository

open the terminal and type the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

To perform an installation of i386 package on 64-bit system we need to enable multi-architecture to support both platforms.

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Update and install skype:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install skype

Also you can install it manually.

Download the .deb package from the official website (e,g):

wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get -f install