skype for linux?

sexynsmartjenny · 2017-04-20 00:49:46

Hi guys, do you know how I can set up skype for linux? I downloaded the package for skype for debian from the offical skype website, but then I have no idea on how to install skype.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-04-20 06:42:26

sexynsmartjenny wrote:

I downloaded the package for skype for debian from the offical skype website

Open the file manager and left-click on the downloaded .deb file, this should start gdebi which will install the program for you.

j3rzu · 2017-04-20 07:19:53

or You can just go to terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install skype

But I have no idea if it's in BL repositories.

harbardthesloth · 2017-04-20 20:50:08

So, I recently installed skype just two weeks ago, remembering it working rather well on Linux at one time. I did it via the .deb package available from Skype. Just some info for anyone that happens upon this thread and wants to install it. The current Skype package available for linux is like Version 5.101 Beta. I just want you all to be aware there is no longer feature parity with that version and the Mac/Windows version. At one time there was. But at some point Microsoft changed Skype (its current functionality is dependent upon Azure, and is centralized whereas Skype originally was peer to peer via the Fasttrack protocol that Sharman Networks pioneered) and when they made these changes my understanding is that the development of Skype on Linux for a time was pretty much discontinued. The current version (correct me if i'm wrong) is an Electron app (see Atom.io, slack, nylas-mail) and does not have all of the features implemented that the Mac and Windows versions do. For me the voice chatting/calling does not work by default and nor does the video. Please if someone gets these features working right out of the box on a debian variant come here and smite me down with your words of wisdom. I did, by accident notice that if log in to skype for web while i am running the current Skype for linux offering the call button becomes clickable again and I presume I am able to make voice calls? Have not tested this. Just a heads up to all who may have used Skype on linux before and are looking to use it again. It would seem to me that for now the current offering is a hobbled program that pretty much functions only for chat. /endrant

sexynsmartjenny · 2017-04-21 13:08:34

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

sexynsmartjenny wrote:
I downloaded the package for skype for debian from the offical skype website
Open the file manager and left-click on the downloaded .deb file, this should start gdebi which will install the program for you.

okay, I did that. And according the to little dialog box it says its now installed. But when I go to my
"run dialog" and entere "skype" nothing ccame up. What did I do wrong?

PackRat · 2017-04-21 13:40:37

Try starting it from a terminal and post any errors.

"skype" may not be the name of the app - might be skype64 or something. Take a look at the contents of /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin to see what it's called.

Or maybe it got installed to a location not on your path and didn't create a symlink for you.

Edit - I unpacked the deb file from their site, looks like it's installed as /usr/bin/skypeforlinux

Last edited by PackRat (2017-04-21 21:06:06)

damo · 2017-04-21 20:44:05

sexynsmartjenny wrote:

...
okay, I did that. And according the to little dialog box it says its now installed. But when I go to my
"run dialog" and entere "skype" nothing ccame up. What did I do wrong?

Did you ever get round to reading Introduction to the BunsenLabs Desktop/Run applications? Try dmenu (Alt-F3)

harbardthesloth · 2017-04-22 02:06:05

Type in Alt + F3 and then Type in skypeforlinux it should be right there. Alternatively, from a terminal type in skypeforlinux and voila.

ohnonot · 2017-04-22 07:38:03

maybe with a capital 'S'? and try tab-completion.

j3rzu · 2017-04-22 10:57:26

Alt + F2 in my case, than type: skypeforlinux. Done

damo · 2017-04-22 11:08:29

j3rzu wrote:

Alt + F2 in my case, than type: skypeforlinux. Done

On a default installation the run box (gmrun) is started with Alt-F2, and the dmenu application is started with Alt-F3

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-04-22 13:16:12

For users who wish to avoid playing a game of hunt-the-executable every time a new package is installed, I would recommend using one of the (many) automatic menu-generating applications to populate the menu (or part of it) from the installed .desktop files, as is common with most full desktop environments.

My current favourite is pmenu:

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=1066

This can be added as an Openbox submenu by adding this line to ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml (add it wherever you want the "Applications" sub-menu to appear):

<menu id="pmenu" label="Applications" execute="pmenu.py --mode openbox" />

New applications will subsequently be added under the appropriate section automagically upon installation with no need for user intervention.

For more on .desktop files & menu entries, see https://specifications.freedesktop.org/ … ec/latest/

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