{"id":1971,"date":"2018-10-30T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2018-10-31T09:07:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T09:07:54","slug":"install-skype-on-ubuntu-linux-hint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/30\/install-skype-on-ubuntu-linux-hint\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Skype on Ubuntu | Linux Hint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skype is one of the most popular platforms for video chat. It\u2019s free to enjoy with powerful security features. Skype is also platform-independent, meaning that the service is available for everyone in the world.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of Skype client, it\u2019s also available for all the major platforms including Windows, macOS, and Linux. Ubuntu is, in fact, one of the most popular Linux distros all around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s enjoy Skype client on the Ubuntu system!<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Skype<\/h2>\n<p>Skype provides the client in an installable DEB package for Ubuntu\/Debian and Ubuntu\/Debian-derivatives. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skype.com\/en\/get-skype\/\">Get the latest DEB package of Skype<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Installing Skype<\/h2>\n<p>Once the download is complete, fire up a terminal and run the following commands \u2013<\/p>\n<p>sudo dpkg -i skypeforlinux-64.deb<br \/>\nsudo apt install -f<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhint.com\/image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"623\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Uninstalling Skype<\/h3>\n<p>If you ever wish to remove Skype from your device, run the following command \u2013<\/p>\n<p># Using \u201c&#8211;purge\u201d will remove all the account credentials and configurations<br \/>\nfrom your device<br \/>\nsudo apt remove &#8211;purge skypeforlinux<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhint.com\/image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"439\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Using Skype<\/h3>\n<p>Installation complete? Time to enjoy Skype.<\/p>\n<p>Launch Skype from the menu.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhint.com\/image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"483\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be on the welcome page of the new Skype client.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhint.com\/image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"643\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You have to login or sign up for a Skype account.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhint.com\/image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"644\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter your credentials for logging into your account.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhint.com\/image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After successful login, you will have the option to check out whether your microphone is properly configured.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhint.com\/image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"644\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to test your webcam as well.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhint.com\/image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"643\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After everything is set, you\u2019ll be on the Skype dashboard.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhint.com\/image\/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP\/wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=\" alt=\"\" width=\"1038\" height=\"641\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linuxhint.com\/install_skype_ubuntu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skype is one of the most popular platforms for video chat. It\u2019s free to enjoy with powerful security features. Skype is also platform-independent, meaning that the service is available for everyone in the world. In the case of Skype client, it\u2019s also available for all the major platforms including Windows, macOS, and Linux. Ubuntu is, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2018\/10\/30\/install-skype-on-ubuntu-linux-hint\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Install Skype on Ubuntu | Linux Hint&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2102,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions\/2102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}