The new version of Skype 4.2 for Linux has just released. This tutorial is going to show you how to install Skype 4.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr as well as Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring and other Ubuntu derivatives. Skype is the most popular VoIP application which let us to chat, make phone calls, video calls to our friends and family from all over the world for free.
To install Skype 4.2 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty, simply open Terminal and paste this command
wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu-precise_4.2.0.13-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.2.0.13-1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get -f install
Special for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty 64 bit edition, you can execute this command to fix skin issue
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386 sni-qt:i386
Now, Skype 4.2 should be installed on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr.
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