How to Install Skype 2 on 64-bit Ubuntu
Posted by admin on September 22nd, 2008 
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Method 1
Preparing your system
sudo aptitude install ia32-libs lib32asound2 libasound2-plugins
Install Skype on 64-bit ubuntu
First you need to download .deb package from here
After downloaded .deb package you need to install using the following command
sudo dpkg -i --force-all <skypepackagename.deb>
Method 2
Using medibuntu Repositories
Enter each command in terminal window
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring
sudo apt-get update
Install skype using the following command
sudo apt-get install skype
For users with sound problems due to PulseAudio, Medibuntu also offers the package “skype-static-oss”. Once installed, skype can be run through pulse audio with “padsp skype”.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:28 am
None of the above worked for me under Ubuntu Intrepid 64 bit. The medibuntu seemed to work best. It worked flawlessly. However, Skype is no where to be found? I am wondering how I can uninstall because it might cause problems?? Please advise. Thanks!
September 26th, 2008 at 2:46 am
It appears that medibuntu has installed Skype. But I do not see it. Where did it install?
September 26th, 2008 at 6:36 am
@kushykush
You have two options now
1) Press Alt+F2 and enter skype click on Run
2)add a menu icon from the command line
sudo gedit ~/Desktop/Skype.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=2.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=skype
Name=Skype
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/skype.png
After this now you need to go to Applications—>Internet—>Skype
September 28th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Interesting article, but read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeEthics before deciding of installing Skype
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Method 1 did not work until I realised that you need to have 2 neg signs in front of the force command:
— force
In the text, the word processor combined them to look like one symbol.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:44 am
here is the solution for skype 2.0 on intrepid amd64
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ia32-libs/+bug/273693
1. Create /etc/ld.so.conf.d/alsa32.conf with the following contents:
/usr/lib32/alsa-lib
2. Create /etc/ld.so.conf.d/alsa64.conf with the following contents:
/usr/lib/alsa-lib
3. sudo ldconfig
4. Open /usr/share/alsa/pulse.conf in the editor and remove the “/usr/lib/alsa-lib/” prefix from the libasound_module_conf_pulse.so file.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:18 am
Here are the issues i have fixed on my amd64 intrepid box with pulse audio
http://mapopa.blogspot.com/2008/10/skype-2.html
ps:please don’t use aptitude , in my case it removes some packages that i stil need them