Install Skype on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit

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Published on 2013-11-24T10:08:00.000+05:30 Indexed on 2014/05/26 21:58 UTC
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For 32Bit
Terminal Commands:
wget  http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu-lucid_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-lucid_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get -f install;rm skype-ubuntu-lucid_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb
 
For 64Bit Terminal Commands:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
sudo apt-get update
wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu-lucid_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-lucid_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb
sudo apt-get -f install;rm skype-ubuntu-lucid_4.2.0.11-1_i386.deb
After all of this run in terminal sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386; This will restore the skype contact window
That's all, work done in maximum 5 minutes. I use Ubuntu on 64bit and this method to install Skype worked always perfectly.

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