Skype is one of the most popular communication applications in the world that allows you to make free online audio and video calls, and affordable international calling to mobiles and landlines worldwide.
Skype is not an open source application and it is not included in the Ubuntu repositories. You should go to the official Website and download it.
In this tutorial we will show you how to install Skype on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. The same instructions can applied for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS or any other Debian based distribution.
Prerequisites
You’ll need to be logged in as a user with sudo privileges in order to install the Skype Deb package.
Step 1./ Download Skype
– Open your terminal either by clicking on the terminal icon or by using the Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut.
– Download the latest Skype .deb package using the following wget command:
$ wget https://go.skype.com/skypeforlinux-64.deb
Step 2./ Install Skype
Once the download is complete, install Skype by running the following command as a user with sudo privileges:
$ sudo apt install skypeforlinux-64.deb
You will be prompted to continue the installation, just type Y
Step 3./ Start Skype
– Now that you have Skype installed on your Ubuntu dekstop, you can start it either from the command line by typing skypeforlinux
Conclusion
You have successfully installed Skype on your Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server. You might want to check the following guides:
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