Installation of a new version of Skype in Ubuntu and LinuxMint

The new version of Skype is great.

Personally, I have noticed a huge difference in call quality compared with the previous version.

Below a quick guide on how to install the beta version because that is currently on Linux.

1. Open a terminal Ctrl + Alt + T, and run the command, to make sure, that “apt-transport-https” it is installed:

dpkg -s apt-transport-https > /dev/null || bash -c "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https -y"

1	dpkg -s apt-transport-https > /dev/null \|\| bash -c "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https -y"

Then grab the key and add it:

curl https://repo.skype.com/data/SKYPE-GPG-KEY | sudo apt-key add -

1	curl https://repo.skype.com/data/SKYPE-GPG-KEY \| sudo apt-key add -

It remains for us to add the repository:

echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb unstable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-unstable.list

1	echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb unstable main" \| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-unstable.list

Then installation and update packages:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skypeforlinux

1	sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skypeforlinux

That's all, we look forward to new, really nice version of Skype. 😉