Method 1:
Open the Ubuntu Software center from Dash, search for skype and click on more info.
Click on Install, type the root password on authenticate window. Ubuntu software center will start to download and install skype.
Method 2:
Open Terminal ( Dash Home ——> Search for Terminal).
Install Skype using the following command.
raj@geeksite:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
[sudo] password for raj:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libxss1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libxss1 skype
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 272 not upgraded.
Need to get 23.6 MB/23.6 MB of archives.
After this operation, 30.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
Method 3:
Download the Skype for Linux, first install it dependencies.
raj@geeksite:~$ sudo apt-get install libxss1
Now install Skype.
raj@geeksite:~$ sudo dpkg -i skype_2.2.0.35-0oneiric2_i386.deb
Start Skype.
raj@geeksite:~$ skype
My don’t accest in the console 🙁