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I have Skype installed which I got from the Canonical Partners repository, however after reading this article I have come to understand that I can get this latest Alpha version from a repository too though no such update has come to me via the partner repository I have activated. So I have several questions on this matter:

  1. So from which repository (unless that was just a mistake in the article) do I get it from? Is it available under a different name in the partner repository, or is there another official Skype repository?

  2. If it is the case that there is a more official repository to get this from then when it is no longer Alpha but instead Stable, will I be able to upgrade to it via the partner repository I currently have enabled or is it no longer support in there?

I am running Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.20.

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  1. Download the Deb package for Skype for Linux Beta with your favourite web browser or HTTP client.

    • For a terminal-based solution use:

      wget https://go.skype.com/skypeforlinux-64.deb

  2. Install the Deb package with your favourite package manager, e. g. Software Center or GDebi.

    • For a terminal-based solution or to debug the package installation use:

      sudo dpkg -i skypeforlinux-64.deb
sudo apt install -f

  3. You're done! When you installed the package it automatically added the repository

    deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main

    to the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list to keep your installation of Skype up to date via Ubuntu's package update process.

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