How to install skype on ubuntu ?


Skype is a popular messaging and voip service which supports almost all OS platforms . It offers free skype to skype calls low call costs to mobiles and landlines.

Here in this post we can see about installing skype in ubuntu 14.04.


Step 1 » Enable ubuntu canonical repository .

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

Step 2 » Update the repositories by the below command.

sudo apt-get update

Step 3 » Now issue the below command to install Skype.

sudo apt-get install skype
Step 4 » Now click on search your computer and then write skype it display installed skype with it's icon then click on it.

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