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Skype is a rather proprietary thing, and there are free alternatives. From the Debian wiki page about Skype, see http://wiki.debian.org/skype:
Skype is a non-free (proprietary) software. It isn't supported by Debian. It's probably wiser to use a VoIP software, like
ekiga ,
linphone or
jitsi !
Then the wiki page goes on to explain how to install from Skype's repository. Add the correct deb reference to /etc/apt/sources.list:
Code:
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
Then proceed as with any other CLI package install:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install skype
I just tried it, got this result:
Code:
#>sudo apt-get install skype
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
skype
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1019 not upgraded.
Need to get 20.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 26.2 MB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
skype
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable/non-free skype i386 2.1.0.81-1 [20.2 MB]
Fetched 20.2 MB in 29s (694 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package skype.
(Reading database ... 364610 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking skype (from .../skype_2.1.0.81-1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Setting up skype (2.1.0.81-1) ...
#>
I remember when doing something similar two years ago, that there were quite a few glitches when running Skype then. Haven't tried now. Beware that the 32-bits version should be used to minimize problems.
BTW, ekiga and linphone are present already, so Skype should not be desperately needed. Anyone having bad experiences with them?
Last edited by Capricorny; 06-23-2012 at 12:37 PM.
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