Eddy is equivalent to Ubuntu’s Gdebi Debian package installer. Next, install Eddy, a simplistic Debian packager installer that you can manually use to install standalone. Click on the “Get Skype for Linux DEB,” which is picked by default depending on the OS, and the download will begin: Official website Once you click the given link, you will be redirected to Skype’s official download page, where you will see “Skype for Desktop,” made available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The approaches mentioned earlier use the command line for installation purposes, but here is how you can do the same in a more user-friendly environment.įirst, download Skype from the official website. Method 3: How to install Skype on elementary OS using GUI it is the microfone of a webcam, does need no drivers for windows or ubuntu.Īdding menu items seems to be very difficult.If you are not a terminal fanatic, here is the graphical installation format that should keep you going. when I set them on max, the next time they are on say 10% again.īut even when I do not leave the sound settings during a skype test call I do not hear my voice back, I DO hear some vague noise. Ps2 update: I know now that right clicking on the speaker icon gets me into the microphone settings. Now I have to get into the GUI of pulseaudio, but how? Skype indicates I am using pulseaudio and I should set the settings there, but nowhere sight of how to access the gui of it.Īlso still do not know how to add a menu item but that should be easy Ps update: I typed in Skype in the terminal and it works! but the microphone does not work. I DID follow all steps of the wiki article on skype.

Ah! so it has been installed but I do not know:

Yum install skype