How to install skype on Lubuntu 14.04

How to install skype on Lubuntu 14.04

Skype is very important software for communication, many people use it whether for work or for personal use. In this article i will show you... tháng 6 15, 2014

Skype is very important software for communication, many people use it whether for work or for personal use.

In this article i will show you how to install skype on lubuntu 14.04 trusty tahr, and should be same for other version.

Open terminal on lubuntu, by pressing CTRL + ALT + T, and then type the following command :

sudo apt-get install skype

You will be prompted for root password, type the password and make sure the internet is working.

kernelpanic@lubuntulaptop:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
[sudo] password for kernelpanic:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
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The following extra packages will be installed:
  libaudio2 libdbusmenu-qt2 libmysqlclient18 libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative
  libqt4-network libqt4-opengl libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql
  libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtcore4 libqtdbus4 libqtgui4 libqtwebkit4
  mysql-common qdbus qtchooser qtcore4-l10n skype-bin sni-qt
Suggested packages:
  nas libqt4-declarative-folderlistmodel libqt4-declarative-gestures
  libqt4-declarative-particles libqt4-declarative-shaders qt4-qmlviewer
  libqt4-dev libicu48 qt4-qtconfig qt4-default qt5-default
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libaudio2 libdbusmenu-qt2 libmysqlclient18 libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative
  libqt4-network libqt4-opengl libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql
  libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns libqtcore4 libqtdbus4 libqtgui4 libqtwebkit4
  mysql-common qdbus qtchooser qtcore4-l10n skype skype-bin sni-qt
0 upgraded, 23 newly installed, 0 to remove and 142 not upgraded.
Need to get 17.0 MB/37.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 118 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  skype-bin skype
Install these packages without verification? [y/N] y
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If you having error saying Unable to locate package skype, you need to activate "Canonical Partners" on the repository, read here.

Once installed, skype is available from the start menu > internet > skype. For the first time there will be "term of use" window.

Noticed that it's actually the old version of skype, skype 4.2, but i think it's better than nothing.