How to install Skype in 10.04

website:
http://linux.dipin.info/2010/01/how-to-install-skype-on-ubuntu-1004.html

Command Line way

Get the package:

For 32-bit
$ wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-32
For 64-bit
$ wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64

You will need to install the following libraries.

$ sudo apt-get install libqt4-dbus libqt4-network libqt4-xml libasound2

Now install skype(the file u just downloaded, may be named skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.81-1_i386.bex)

$ sudo dpkg -i skype-XXXXXXXXXXXX.deb

If you still get some dependency error then just type the command below

$ sudo apt-get -f install
this will install the dependencies and the skype.



Get the video working::

website:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam

Before attempting any drivers installation

If your webcam is not one of the latest models and you get at least something as the picture (some garbled or green screen or statics) instead of the expected picture -- you already have the installed drivers. Still you'll have to reconfigure the launching of the application in which the problem is observed.

Reason: The developers decided to change the way the drivers and cameras work: old drivers (before Ubuntu 8.10) had the code to decode the data received from the webcam, the new drivers (since 8.10) don't. instead they assume decoding it always done somewhere else. The applications which use the older assumptions have to be provided with the additional (compatibility and decoding) library.

An example of the procedure needed to adjust launching one typical application with the described problem follows.

Skype

Go to main menu, System, Preferences, Menus: Applications, Internet, Items: Skype, Properties, and replace the Command with

bash -c 'LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype'