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Skype (former version) no longer available in Approved Partner. New version available on the Skype web site.

Contents

Introduction
1. Installing Skype
2. Installing Legacy Skype Releases
Running Skype
Adjusting the camera in Skype
Skype UI in other languages
Troubleshooting Skype
Reporting Skype Bugs
Meet As well
External Links

Introduction

Skype is proprietary software that allows you to make calls over the Internet using your computer. Skype uses semi-decentralized peer-to-peer technologies, so your calls do not go through a central server, but through a pool of dedicated servers. Information technology uses its own proprietary communication protocol to achieve this. The Skype software is gratis to apply, merely it is not free software; the source code is proprietary and not available for review or modification.

SkypeEthics gives information on why some users do not apply Skype.

Open up alternatives Softphones using open up protocols include Ekiga and Twinkle.

You lot need a working audio input and output configuration in order to use Skype. Most modern computers accept sound output out of the box, only you demand a microphone (headset) for the input. In social club to broadcast video, you'll need a webcam - see SkypeWebCams.

Links to detailed information nearly Skype issues on Ubuntu can be found in the Resources section below.

Installing Skype

Skype is available in the Snap shop, which means information technology can be found in sixteen.04 and above directly in Ubuntu Software. Simply launch Ubuntu Software, search for Skype, and then click 'Install'.

Alternatively, from the command line:-

          snap install skype --classic

Installing Legacy Skype Releases

Users of 64-bit Ubuntu, should enable MultiArch if it isn't already enabled by running the command

          sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Since Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), Skype is office of the Canonical partner repository. To install Skype add together the Canonical Partner Repository. You can exercise this by running the command

          sudo add together-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

Then install Skype via the Software-Center or via the Final.

          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype

It is highly recommended to use the package provided in the Canonical partner repository, not the one distributed from the Skype website. This is how installing via a Ubuntu repository guarantees that the file downloaded and installed is the aforementioned ane distributed from a Ubuntu repository. All the same, downloading the file via http doesn't guarantee this outcome.

Running Skype

To start Skype, choose Applications->Internet->Skype. It usually takes a minute or ii for Skype to get started, and you may think that zip is happening, so be patient.

When the Skype window finally opens, sign upwards (if necessary) and log in to your Skype account. Examination your configuration by selecting the Echo / Sound Test Service contact (if not there already, add contact echo123) and clicking on the large light-green push button at the bottom of the Skype window. If the connection is made and you hear a voice, your sound configuration is fine. If y'all cannot hear a vocalisation, run across the troubleshooting section below.

Adjusting the camera in Skype

The Linux Skype client, while information technology seems to set reasonable defaults, does non offer any significant way to adjust effulgence, contrast, backlight compensation etc. If y'all are using a uvcvideo based device (see lists at Linux UVC driver and tools) a handy manner is to apply the guvcview utility, which opens your webcam and allows you to fiddle with the common settings. These settings (mostly) remain when you close information technology and open up a Skype video preview (in the Options | Video Devices menu) or make a video call. (Note that yous cannot have Skype and guvcview reading the camera video stream at the same time.) Install the "guvcview" parcel in the normal way for this.

Or, if you want to tweak settings live during a preview or call, use the "uvcdynctrl" control-line utility (package has the same name). For instance, in a terminal:
uvcdynctrl -due south 'Backlight Compensation' vii
will increase the backlight compensation to 7 from its default value of 0. To run into a complete list of the possible settings for your webcam, practise
uvcdynctrl -cv

You tin besides employ "guvcview" in a control-only fashion to adjust camera settings during the phone call. To do so launch guvcview with the -o switch:
guvcview -o

Skype UI in other languages

You can choose to view the GUI in some other linguistic communication but English, just only a limited number of translations are included in Skype for Linux by default. This Ask Ubuntu respond shows how you tin can install and use translations for other languages.

Troubleshooting Skype

If you need assist with troubleshooting Skype delight take a look at the following page. TroubleShooting Skype

Reporting Skype Bugs

Despite Skype beingness offered in Ubuntu through the Partner repository as a service to Ubuntu users by Canonical and Skype (a division of Microsoft), it is not considered a part of Ubuntu. Because of this, filing Skype crash reports for processing on Launchpad by Apport Retracing service is unsupported. If one attempts to practise this, they will receive a bulletin noting:

Trouble in skype-bin
The problem cannot be reported:
This is non an official Ubuntu packet. Please remove any third party package and endeavour again.

One may still file a problems report on Launchpad via https://bugs.launchpad.internet/ubuntu/+source/skype/+filebug.

Come across Also

InternetApplications
Ekiga OpenSource VoIP application

External Links

www.Skype.com
Skype Forum
Wikipedia Skype
Ubuntu Forums-Skype
A description of and workaround for the sound problem: http://juljas.net/linux/skype/. Note that this solution requires you to compile a C program.
Skype takes a long time to load? (change command to "skype --disable-dbus") http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=47838
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