Installing Skype in 64 bit Debian / Ubuntu
10.04 – 11.10 at 64-bit
- Download the Generic Dynamic version of Skype, at that moment http://www.skype.com/es/download-skype/skype-for-linux/downloading/?type=dynamic
- Unpack the downloaded Skype folder under your home directory (for me was in skype-4.1.0.20)
- Using the terminal, enter the following command and press Enter:
- sudo apt-get install lib32stdc++6 lib32asound2 ia32-libs libc6-i386 lib32gcc1
- Download the Debian file:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/q/qt4-x11/libphonon4_4.6.2-0ubuntu5.5_i386.deb
The above link is missing, try this: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/q/qt4-x11/ and find out your package, for instance libphonon4_4.6.2-0ubuntu5.6_i386.deb
Open the Debian file with the Archive Manager, then click on data.tar.lzma and unpack the following library into the Skype folder you created in step 2:
./usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 ./usr/lib/libphonon.so.4.4 ./usr/lib/libphonon.so.4.4.0
You can now run Skype using the command
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/user/skype-4.1/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /home/user/skype-4.1/skype
where “user” needs to be replaced with your Linux username and “skype-4.1” needs to be replaced with the name of the Skype folder you created in step 2. For instance:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/jblanco/skype-4.1.0.20/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /home/jblanco/skype-4.1.0.20/skype
Source: https://support.skype.com/m/en/faq/FA12120/getting-started-with-skype-for-linux#2.1