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BowPark
Asked: 2020-03-13 03:02:59 +0800 CST

Skype 4.3 can not connect on Ubuntu 18.04

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In Ubuntu 18.04 x86_64, I installed Skype 4.3 from snap. After setting the username and password (I checked them), any login attempt fails after a long wait: "Skype can not connect".

Then, I uninstalled it and used the .deb package provided in the official site: sudo gdebi skypeforlinux-64.deb. It's, again, Skype 4.3. However, nothing changed. After a long wait, "Skype can not connect".

What could it be the problem?

Could it be a firewall issue? I never set any port or firewall rule on my host.

microsoft skype connection 18.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Apparently I had a previously installed i386 version of Skype, which I guess overlapped with the new .deb (64 bit) package. I made sudo apt purge skype and all the packages skype:i386* have been removed.

    It now correctly works (I guess from the .deb installation). Version is not 4.3, but 8.57.0.116. It is the current version in the official site.

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