{"id":3717,"date":"2018-01-28T23:11:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T22:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2018-01-28T23:11:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T22:11:39","slug":"how-to-install-skype-for-linux-beta-on-debian-9-stretch-linuxbabe-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2018\/01\/28\/how-to-install-skype-for-linux-beta-on-debian-9-stretch-linuxbabe-com\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Skype for Linux Beta on Debian 9 Stretch &#8211; LinuxBabe.Com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxbabe.com\/debian\/install-skype-for-linux-beta-debian-9-stretch\">How to Install Skype for Linux Beta on Debian 9 Stretch &#8211; LinuxBabe.Com<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxbabe.com\/debian\/install-skype-for-linux-beta-debian-9-stretch\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/Install-Skype-for-Linux-Beta-on-Debian-9-Stretch.png?w=910&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxbabe.com\/debian\/install-skype-for-linux-beta-debian-9-stretch\"><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"single_metainfo \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"thn_post_wrap\"><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-105\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"crt-2\" class=\"ezflad-47\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Skype for Linux beta<\/strong> 5.3 was released on May 31, 2017. It is a proprietary software, built on the web-based Skype client. This tutorial is going to show you <strong>how to install Skype on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxbabe.com\/debian\/upgrade-debian-8-jessie-to-debian-9-stretch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Debian 9 Stretch<\/a><\/strong> via the official Skype Linux client repository.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s new in Skype for Linux beta 5.3:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use \u2018libsecret\u2019 instead of \u2018gnome-keyring\u2019 in order to store your credentials<\/li>\n<li>Fetch large contact lists by page<\/li>\n<li>Bugfixes and improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For open-source and privacy-concerned users, the Wire app is a good alternative, but there are many people who for some reason can\u2019t quit Skype.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-106\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"crt-21\" class=\"ezflad-47\"><\/div>\n<h2>How to Install Skype for Linux Beta on Debian 9 Stretch<\/h2>\n<p>We can install Skype on Debian 9 Stretch from the official Skype Linux client repository. Please note that Skype for Linux beta currently only works on 64-bit system. 32-bit users can send a request in <a href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/skype\/forum\/skype_linux?auth=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skype community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So here\u2019s how to install it. Open up a terminal window and switch to root.<\/p>\n<pre>su -<\/pre>\n<p>Run the following command to add Skype Linux client repository to Debian 9 Stretch system.<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-107\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"crt-22\" class=\"ezflad-47\"><\/div>\n<pre>echo \"deb [arch=amd64] https:\/\/repo.skype.com\/deb stable main\" |\u00a0 tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/skype-stable.list<\/pre>\n<p>Then use the following two commands to fetch and install Skype public key so that APT package manager can verify the integrity of downloaded packages from this repo.<\/p>\n<pre>wget https:\/\/repo.skype.com\/data\/SKYPE-GPG-KEY \n\napt-key add SKYPE-GPG-KEY<\/pre>\n<p>Since this repo is using HTTPS protocol, so we also need to install the <code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">apt-transport-https<\/code> package.<\/p>\n<pre>apt install apt-transport-https<span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-117\" class=\"ezoic-adpicker-ad\"><\/span><\/pre>\n<p>Now all left to do is to update our software source and install <code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">skypeforlinux<\/code> package, which is around 50 MB of size.<\/p>\n<pre>apt update\n\napt install skypeforlinux<\/pre>\n<p>Once installed, you can start Skype for Linux beta from application menu or use the command below.<\/p>\n<pre>skypeforlinux\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">How to Install Skype for Linux Beta on Debian 9 Stretch &#8211; LinuxBabe.Com<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2018\/01\/28\/how-to-install-skype-for-linux-beta-on-debian-9-stretch-linuxbabe-com\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[73,53],"tags":[196],"class_list":["post-3717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-debian","category-proprietary-software","tag-skype"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6daft-XX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1239,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2016\/04\/01\/stick-to-standards\/","url_meta":{"origin":3717,"position":0},"title":"Stick to standards!","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2016-04-01","format":"status","excerpt":"Ok, it's time to feverishly stick standard like WebRTC, aka Firefox Hello! 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