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On 09/08/14 11:29, Neil Winchurst wrote:
I had a customer running Mint with Skype 4.2 up until Tuesday when it stopped working with a "Skype could not connect" message.Yesterday I received an email about Skype. It tells me that my current version is being 'retired' and I need to upgrade. So I had a look and there is indeed a new version for Linux (4.3.0.37-1) which is a deb file. However this new version is still marked as for Precise whereas I am now running Trusty. Anyway I went to my laptop to test it before doing anything on my desktop where I usually run Skype. (I had never installed Skype on the laptop.) I downloaded the new version and tried to install it. Although it is a deb file it came up with an error message about some other deb file it could not download and would not finish. So I went to synaptic on the laptop and tried to install the older version from there. That also came up with a similar message and would not install. So I gave up on the laptop altogether. Meanwhile the older version on the desktop is still working well. Has anyone else on the list come across this at all? My desktop, older, version is still working (I tested it a few minutes ago) but I am wondering what will happen when this older version is finally 'relired'. It seems an odd word to use. Will it suddenly stop working? Anyone else come across this? Neil
apt-get purge skype Then downloaded the Precise version and I had it up and running again.I got caught out by the fact that skype was already running so after installing the new 4.3 and tried running it, it came up with 4.2 every time. Scratched my head a few times there until I noticed the icon in the notification bar and shut it it down.
The Mint repos still seems to be on 4.2 but my Ubuntu 14.04 upgraded itself last week as part of the normal update process.
I have a feeling, judging by the email from Skype (Microsoft), they've disabled 4.2?
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