Install Skype on Ubuntu

Install Skype on Ubuntu from a terminal is not very complicated, for that we will follow following steps in a terminal with sudo privileges.

Install Skype for ubuntu 64 bits :wget -c http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.81-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.81-1_amd64.deb
rm skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.81-1_amd64.deb
Install Skype for ubuntu 32bit :wget

Skype supports Video Calling

Skype team announced for provision of service (Video Calling) in five ways, and is still a beta version

 



New features:Screen participation
Messages in Chat
Determine the time
Support UI styles
Report abuse

Dependencies:BlueZ 4.0.0 (optional)
D-Bus 1.0.0
Qt 4.4.0
PulseAudio 0.9.16 (optional)
libasound2 1.0.18

Downloads :Skype 2.1 Beta 2 for Linux  Skype Group Video Calling Now Available for