How to Install Skype Using Terminal on Ubuntu

• Open Terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+T and type or copy/paste following command line: sudo apt-get install libqt4-dbus libqt4-network libqt4-xml libasound2 and hit Enter

• When it asks for your password, write it and press Enter

• When you are done downloading the dependency packages, copy/paste the following command in the terminal:

                Skype 32-bit: wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-32 and hit Enter.

• Skype 64-bit: wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64 and hit Enter.

• When that’s finished downloading, copy/paste the following command to the terminal: sudo dpkg -i getskype-* and hit Enter

• Now copy/paste the following command to the terminal to finish installing: sudo apt-get -f install and hit Enter.

• After Skype is installed, close your Terminal.

• To run Skype, press your ⌘ Applications windows key (or the key beside ALT ) to open Dash and type ‘skype’ in the search bar.
• And you will see Read the Skype “End User License Agreement”, choose your language and click on the ‘I agree’ button.
• And that’s it enjoy in your skype on Ubuntu..

minimum system requirements

Skype for Linux

• 1 GHz Dual core processor or faster.
• 512 MB RAM.
• 100 MB free disk space on your hard drive.
• Video card driver with Xv support.
• Either a built-in or external microphone is required for voice calls.
• An internet connection – broadband is best (GPRS is not supported for voice calls).
• Qt 4.7
• D-Bus 1.0.0
• PulseAudio 1.0 (4.0 recommended)
• BlueZ 4.0.0 (optional)