After an sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, the following error appear:
Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading
state information… Done You might want to run 'apt-get -f install'
to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies:
skype-bin:i386 : Breaks: skype (< 4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) but
4.1.0.20-0ubuntu0.11.10.2 is installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
then I try sudo apt-get -f install and the following error appear:
Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading
state information… Done Correcting dependencies… Done The
following extra packages will be installed: skype The following
packages will be upgraded: skype 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to
remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to
get 0 B/15.3 kB of archives. After this operation, 4,096 B disk space
will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? dpkg: dependency
problems prevent configuration of skype: skype-bin:i386
(4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) breaks skype (<<
4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) and is installed. Version of skype to be configured is 4.1.0.20-0ubuntu0.11.10.2. dpkg: error processing
skype (–configure): dependency problems – leaving unconfigured No
apport report written because the error message indicates its a
followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing: skype E: Sub-process
/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
How can I update my skype and sort out this problem?
I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit and the following is showed in the graphical update manager.
Changes for the versions: Installed version: 4.1.0.20-0ubuntu0.11.10.2
Available version: 4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Best Answer
Hi there has been several updates to skype in span of a day, try to do a --purge remove skype and reinstall. you can also install skype-bin if this doesn't work. It will give you latest skype.