

Skype is also available as a flatpak package, this method works for every Linux operating system and is not restricted to just Ubuntu or Debian based operating systems.

Once the download is finished you can use this guide to install skype as a deb package. Go to skype official website and select skype for desktop, skype for Linux deb and click the button to download it. You can also download the most recent and stable version of skype from its official website and install on Linux. This will install skype on your system, and you can now launch skype from the menu or from the terminal using the command “ snap“. Open a terminal window and run the following command to install skype. The official page for Skype snap suggests the following command for installing skype on Linux using snap. You can also install Skype as a snap package however this method will only work for Ubuntu and not Linux mint users since snap is restricted on Linux mint. You can now log into or create a new skype account.

You can now launch skype using the command below or from the Linux menu. It will ask for your password so fill in your password and hit enter, also if it asks for confirmation if you want to install the package enter “Y” and click enter. I had already installed Skype on my system but since there was an update available it upgraded the package for me. Now run the following command in the terminal, just copy and paste as it is in the terminal to install skype. You can open it from the menu or press the Ctrl+Alt+T key combination to launch the terminal. HOW TO INSTALL JDK, SDK AND ANDROID STUDIOįirst open a terminal window.
