Getting Skype to work again in Linux

published Aug 13, 2014 02:56 by admin ( last modified Aug 13, 2014 02:56 )

If you are on Skype 4.2, it has stopped working on Linux. You will not get an upgrade message, just a cryptic "Can't connect" message. The recommended solution is to upgrade to 4.3, which is supported by Microsoft. However that alone did not work for me, even when uninstalling the old version with "purge" (getting rid of old config files).

I also needed to delete the hidden Skype folder in my home directory:

First get rid of the old skype from repo: sudo apt-get purge skype Second, delete your ~/.Skype folder rm -R ~/.Skype