What is really nice, compared to the first Skype for Linux releases, is the fact that you can directly choose the audio and video devices in Skype. This is a small setup wizard which guides you through the Audio and Video setup.

Once logged in with your existing Skype account (or after you registered as a new user), the Welcome to Skype window shows up. Now that the package was installed, launch Skype from the menu. Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24+linuxmint1). Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1). Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2). Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1). 457374 files and directories currently installed.) Selecting previously unselected package skypeforlinux. Get:1 stable/main amd64 skypeforlinux amd64 8.75.0.140 The following NEW packages will be installed:Ġ upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 11 not upgraded.Īfter this operation, 310 MB of additional disk space will be used. Install and setup Skype on LinuxĪlright, time to install the skypeforlinux package! sudo apt-get install skypeforlinux The skypeforlinux package should now in the apt search: sudo apt-cache search skypeforlinux skypeforlinux - Skype keeps the world talking, for free. Run apt update or apt-get update to update apt: sudo apt-get update Now download and install the repository's GPG key: curl -s | sudo apt-key add -Īnd add the repository to the apt source lists: echo 'deb stable main' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt//skype.list The Skype repositories are using https, this means you need to make sure you have installed the apt-transport-https package first: sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https Note: Although this guide was tested with Linux Mint 20.2 (Ubuntu 20.04), the following tutorial steps also apply for other Debian- and Ubuntu-based Linux distributions. And fortunately Microsoft has created a software repository for deb packages! However once you have gotten used to install software using the APT package manager, you of course want to install Skype from an APT repository.

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