How to Install Skype 4.3 On Ubuntu 15.10

Installation of Skype 4.3 On Ubuntu 15.10

Skype 4.3 is a video chat and instant messaging application. The Installation procedure of Skype is explained with step by step in this manual.

To Install or Upgrade Skype 4.3 in Ubuntu 15.10

First download the Skype package from the Skype official site

http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/

After downloading the Skype installation package you can view the file in downloads directory

user1@linuxhelp:~$ cd Downloads/
user1@linuxhelp:~/Downloads$ ll
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-rw-rw-r--  1 user1 user1 20112698 Mar 31 14:40 skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb

To install Skype

Install the downloaded Skype package.

user1@linuxhelp:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb 
(Reading database ... 253421 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking skype:i386 (4.3.0.37-1) over (4.3.0.37-1) ...
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Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.0-1ubuntu1) ...

Once the installation is completed, use the following command to open Skype application.

user1@linuxhelp:~/Downloads$ skype

The dependency problem may occur during the installation process as shown below.

user1@linuxhelp:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb 
[sudo] password for user1: 
Selecting previously unselected package skype:i386.
(Reading database ... 252897 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking skype:i386 (4.3.0.37-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of skype:i386:
 skype:i386 depends on libqt4-dbus (> = 4:4.5.3).
 skype:i386 depends on libqt4-network (> = 4:4.8.0).
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Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 skype:i386

To solve the dependency problem

To solve the dependency problem, execute the following command.

user1@linuxhelp:~/Downloads$ sudo apt-get -f install
sudo: unable to resolve host linuxhelp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base:i386 libasound2:i386
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Setting up libqtwebkit4:i386 (2.3.2-0ubuntu10) ...
Setting up skype:i386 (4.3.0.37-1) ...
Setting up libqt4-declarative:i386 (4:4.8.6+git64-g5dc8b2b+dfsg-3~ubuntu8) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4.1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.0-1ubuntu1) ...