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Kapel
Asked: 2015-04-17 04:26:41 +0800 CST

Installation of Skype 4.3.with Synaptic to Ununtu 14.10 [duplicate]

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My question is:

  1. Installation of Skype 4.3.0.37... with Synaptic to Ubuntu 14.10 - does Skype work OK with this installation ?

  2. In my Synaptic screenshot I see now following packets of Skype programs. 

    Packet:                               Last version:
skype                                 4.3.0.37-OubuntuO..
pidgin-skype-dbg                      20130613+svn660+...
emphaty-skype                         the same
pidgin skype                          the same
pidgin-skype-common                   the same

And my question is:

  1. should I mark them ALL for installation or

  2. only the first one (skype 4.3.0.37 ..) and other packets LATER, when Skype is already working OK? When I look these 4 small packets, Skynaptic indicates, that

    This plugin communicates with the Skype application in the background to perform its work, so it's necessary to have Skype installed and running

    But, can Skype work even without these without these 4 small packets, if they are not installed simultaneously with skype packet installation?

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can just install the main program (skype) without the other packages. The other packages are plugins for other chat applications (Pidgin and Empathy, in this case) to use Skype.

    If you don't use Pidgin or Empathy, you won't gain anything by installing pidgin-* or empathy-*.

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