How to install Skype 8.15.0.4 on Linux Mint 18.3
To install Skype 8.15.0.4 on Linux Mint 18.3
Skype is a very popular free VOIP software used to make free Skype-to-Skype calls and text to stay in touch with friends and family. A Linux version of Skype was recently updated.. and this adds some new features including, enhanced user interface, cloud-based group chat experience, PulseAudio support and file transfer improvements across multiple devices and bunch of other fixes. Also, Skype version 4.3 and all previous versions have already expired so if you haven’ t upgraded to the latest versions, it’ s time to do so. Just follow the guide below to get the latest version of Skype installed.
Installing Skype
First, make sure you update the system by making use of the following command.
linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Ign:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
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Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages [724 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 Packages [673 kB]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages [587 kB]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages [545 kB]
Fetched 3,678 kB in 7s (498 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
You shall now install the required package that Skype needs.
linuxhelp user # apt-get install apt-transport-https -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
apt-transport-https
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 209 not upgraded.
Need to get 26.1 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 apt-transport-https amd64 1.2.25 [26.1 kB]
Fetched 26.1 kB in 0s (41.8 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 223888 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../apt-transport-https_1.2.25_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking apt-transport-https (1.2.25) over (1.2.24) ...
Setting up apt-transport-https (1.2.25) ...
You can now install the curl command.
linuxhelp user # apt-get install curl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libcurl3-gnutls
The following packages will be upgraded:
curl libcurl3-gnutls
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 207 not upgraded.
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Unpacking libcurl3-gnutls:amd64 (7.47.0-1ubuntu2.6) over (7.47.0-1ubuntu2.4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
Setting up libcurl3-gnutls:amd64 (7.47.0-1ubuntu2.6) ...
Setting up curl (7.47.0-1ubuntu2.6) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
You should now add the Skype repository by making use of the following command.
linuxhelp user # curl https://repo.skype.com/data/SKYPE-GPG-KEY | sudo apt-key add -
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 1743 100 1743 0 0 2011 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 2010
OK
And then you need to add the repository to source list by making use of the following command.
linuxhelp user # echo " deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list
deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
After that, you should update the system once again.
linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:3 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease [4,486 B]
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Ign:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease
Get:6 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable/main amd64 Packages [2,251 B]
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB]
Fetched 211 kB in 1s (149 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
You can now install Skype application with the help of the following command.
linuxhelp user # apt-get install skypeforlinux -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
skypeforlinux
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(Reading database ... 223888 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../skypeforlinux_8.15.0.4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking skypeforlinux (8.15.0.4) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up skypeforlinux (8.15.0.4) ...
You shall now launch the newly installed Skype application by running the following command.
When the application icon appears on the screen, click on it to launch it.
The application open Skype.
With this, the method to install Skype on Linux Mint comes to an end.
# gdebi skypeforlinux-64.deb
# wget https://repo.skype.com/latest/skypeforlinux-64.deb
https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/downloading/?type=weblinux-deb