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I just installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 on my computer:

     mohsen@Bob:~$ uname -a
     Linux Bob 3.19.0-33-generic #38~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Nov 6 
     18:17:28 UTC  2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

But I cannot install skype on it. I am getting the following error. I assume that I am missing some dependencies. 

     mohsen@Bob:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
     Reading package lists... Done
     Building dependency tree       
     Reading state information... Done
     Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
     requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
     distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
     or been moved out of Incoming.
     The following information may help to resolve the situation:
     The following packages have unmet dependencies:

     libgl1-mesa-glx : Depends: libudev1 but it is not going to be installed or
                                libudev0 but it is not installable
     skype : Depends: skype-bin
     E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

I tried to follow the steps in the following link:

How to install Skype 4.3?

but when I type 

      sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386

I get the following error: 

      mohsen@Bob:~$ sudo apt-get remove skype skype-bin:i386 skype:i386
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree       
      Reading state information... Done
      Package 'skype' is not installed, so not removed
      Package 'skype:i386' is not installed, so not removed
      Package 'skype-bin:i386' is not installed, so not removed
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
      mohsen@Bob:~$ sudo apt-get install sni-qt:i386
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree       
      Reading state information... Done
      Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
      requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
      distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
      or been moved out of Incoming.
      The following information may help to resolve the situation:

      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      sni-qt:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.2) but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: libdbusmenu-qt2:i386 (>= 0.3.2) but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: libgcc1:i386 (>= 1:4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: libqt4-dbus:i386 (>= 4:4.6.1) but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: libqtcore4:i386 (>= 4:4.7.3-1ubuntu3~) but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: libqtgui4:i386 (>= 4:4.7.3) but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: libstdc++6:i386 (>= 4.1.1) but it is not going to be installed
       E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Any thoughts on why this is happening? How can I install skype?

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mhsnk
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3 Answers3

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Please enable Canonical Partner repositories via System Settings > Software Update > Other Software reload the sources and then install skype via your software center.

Fabby
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Arup Roy Chowdhury
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Run these commands:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update

That should make it possible to install the 32 bits packages, which Skype requires.

Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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Download Skype from the official website and manually install it with the following commands.

  • Download Skype:

    wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb

  • And then install it:

    sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb
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