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o@lifebook:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
[sudo] password for o: 
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:
 skype : Depends: skype-bin
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

i also tried apt-get install skype-bin skype but it is not working 

 sudo apt-get install skype-bin 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:
 skype-bin:i386 : Depends: libqtwebkit4:i386 (>= 2.2~2011week36) but it is not going to be installed
                  Depends: libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Azat
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4 Answers4

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You can download the for your Ubuntu http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/

Open Terminal,

Execute:

 sudo apt-get purge skype skype-bin

Or

First:

sudo apt-get -f install

Then

sudo apt-get install skype
Ramesh Chand
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Skype is a 32 bits application, and you have a 64 bits install. Hence you need to tell your system to install 32 bits libraries when applicable. You can do that with this command:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

That should be sufficient to get rid of those "unmet dependencies" errors.

Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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528  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa 
  529  sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ wily partner" >> \
  530  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list' 
  531  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa 
  532  sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 5044912E
  533  sudo apt-get update 
  534  sudo apt-get install dro
  535  wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
  536  sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu wily-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
  537  wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
  538  sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu wily-getdeb games" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
  539  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa 
  540  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ppa 
  541  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa 
  542  sudo apt-get update 
  543  sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ wily partner" >> \
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/canonical_partner.list' 
  544  sudo apt-get install skype
  545  sudo apt-get update 
  546  sudo apt-get history
  547  history

this is my history file. Fter adding some rep file skype was installed and i dont know y ????but it works!!!! skype 15.10

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

was used before

Azat
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Skype for linux has not been updated since 12.04; It is most likely that the issue is, if you're using a ppa the dependencies needed are for 12.4 and apt-get is not retrieving the dependencies from the ppa, if you have installed g-debi it is better for you to go to www.skype.com and just go to downloads and choose the deb they have for 12.4 (multiarch) that way you get all the dependencies from the deb, that's how I installed it on my end.

Miguel Garcia
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