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newby trying to install skype

fvangroll

Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:11:13 am

hereunder is the message on terminal - i do not understand and don't know what to do next!!!
help,
frits


Location: http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-u ... 1_i386.deb [following]
--2014-04-01 14:44:03-- http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-u ... 1_i386.deb
Resolving download.skype.com (download.skype.com)... 165.254.26.147, 165.254.26.137
Connecting to download.skype.com (download.skype.com)|165.254.26.147|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16299796 (16M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64’

100%[======================================>] 16,299,796 670KB/s in 34s

2014-04-01 14:44:37 (474 KB/s) - ‘getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64’ saved [16299796/16299796]

frits@frits-H61MA-D3V:~$ sudo dpkg -i getskype-*
dpkg: considering removing skype-bin in favour of skype ...
dpkg: no, cannot proceed with removal of skype-bin (--auto-deconfigure will help):
skype depends on skype-bin
skype-bin is to be removed.

dpkg: regarding getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64 containing skype:
skype conflicts with skype-bin
skype-bin (version 4.2.0.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.2) is present and installed.

dpkg: error processing getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64 (--install):
conflicting packages - not installing skype
Errors were encountered while processing:
getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64
frits@frits-H61MA-D3V:~$

Swarfendor437

Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:42:03 am

Tutorial vid here:

http://vimeo.com/87231226

Wolfman

Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:43:37 am

Hi,

open a terminal and enter the following command:

Code:
sudo apt-get install skype


You must make sure that the Canonical sources are active in your software sources list otherwise it won't work!.

See also:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

Regards Wolfman :D