Ubuntu – Proper way to install skype x86-64 in ubuntu 12.04 after recent skype upgrade

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i'm having problens installing or upgrading skype in ubuntu 12.04 x86-64 after recent skype upgrade.

sudo apt-get install skype

it says skype depends on skype-bin and I'm having held packages. I purged skype abd skype-bin and all it's dependancies but still no go. Why does it happen on LTS which I use in my office??

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Errors like absence of /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so means that Skype needs libasound2-plugins:i386.

So my recipe that helps me is to run the following command:

apt-get install libasound2-plugins:i386

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Ubuntu – Installing skype will not work – skype-bin not installable, and ‘held broken packages’

I found the solution to this problem from a different post.

First a downgrade is required and done with the following:

create the 'preferences' file:

sudo vi /etc/apt/preferences

and insert the following lines:

Package: *       
Pin: release a=quantal*
Pin-Priority: 2012

enter :wq to write the file. Pin-Priority must be greater than 1000.

Then you may downgrade the offending applications with:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

That's it.

Now use sudo apt-get install skype

And it works!

Skype Software Installation – Install Skype on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit

A combination of Gx1sptDTDa and Alejandro García Seco worked perfectly for me.

Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T).

Copy and paste this into terminal:

sudo apt-get install libqt4-dbus:i386 libqt4-network:i386 libqt4-xml:i386 libqtcore4:i386 libqtgui4:i386 libqtwebkit4:i386 sni-qt:i386

Press Enter.

Then install Skype by pasting this:
```
sudo apt-get install skype
```

Skype 4.2 is running on my fresh Ubuntu 12.04 LTE 64bit.

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