This tutorial assumes you have a user account setup with sudo privileges
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How to install Skype on Debian Wheezy 64bit
Step 1 - Downloading Skype deb file
Open a Web Browser and go to http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/ ... -computer/ and choose Debian 7.0 (multiarch) from the drop-down menu and save it to your system.
Step 2 - Add multi-arch support
Open a terminal, type in
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sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
Check the i386 architecture has been successfully added by typing in this time
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sudo dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
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sudo apt-get update
Step 3 - Install the skype deb file
Now in the terminal, navigate to the directory where you saved the skype deb file you downloaded in Step 1 by using the cd command (cd = change directory).
For example if you saved it to the Downloads folder then type in
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cd Downloads
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ls
Now install the package by entering into the terminal
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sudo dpkg -i skype-debian_4.2.0-13-1_i386.deb
then you would do sudo dpkg -i skype-debian-5.0_i386.deb
Step 4 - Install the missing dependencies
You will notice when you installed the skype deb file, dpkgs ends with a message about errors, like in the screenshot below
To install the missing packages that skype requires to run, enter into the terminal
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sudo apt-get install -f
Step 5 - Check Skype loads and runs
NOTE - depending on what desktop environment you use or none (gonme3, KDE, LXDE, etc) this step might be different.
After the dependencies are done installing, you can now check if skype will run by going go to the Application menu of your desktop, go to the Internet and then click on Skype, Skype should then load like in the screenshot below.