Use Skype under Linux

Skype is a program to do video phone calls over the network.

Get it

To get Skype, find out your distribution and proceed accordingly

Ubuntu 11.10 32bit
This example has been tested on 2011-12-28 on Ubuntu 11.10 32bit. Other distributions should work same or similar: Surf to http://www.skype.com Choose "Get Skype -> Get Skype for Linux -> Download now -> Static" open a console unpack the file: bunzip2 Download/skype* tar xvf Download/skype*.tar

SUSE 11.2-12.1

This example has been tested on 2010-06-03 on SUSE Linux 11.2. Other distributions should work same or similar: Surf to http://www.skype.com Choose "Get Skype -> Get Skype for Linux -> Download now -> Static" open a console find out if you have a 32bit or 64bit system if you have an X64 operating system, install a graphical library: yast -i xorg-x11-libXv-32bit unpack the file: bunzip2 Download/skype* tar xvf Download/skype*.tar

Run it

• run skype:

cd skype*
./skype

Configure it

You will now have to select "Options -> Sound Devices -> Make a test call" and experiment a bit with what Sound Card you use. "Make a test call" will explain everything to you.

Problems

Audio

Audio has been improved a lot with Skype 4 from 2012.

• Does not work with Mandriva 2008
• Does not work with Mandriva 2009

See also

• http://www.ehow.com/how_5575179_use-skype-through-proxy.html - use skype via a proxy