Thanks for reporting this issue and help in making Ubuntu better, and sorry for the delay in getting an answer.
Please check the suggestions in: http://askubuntu.com/questions/310960/how-to-use-skype-with-empathy-in-13-04 There are a couple of methods suggested there to integrate Skype in Empathy. Sorry I haven't tried them so I don't know if they work. ** Changed in: empathy (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1207353 Title: Unable to add skype account to empathy under unity Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I am unable to add my skype account to empathy, since (afaik) online accounts is the only way to do so with empathy under unity. while in gnome 3, skype appears under accounts in empathy and empathy is happy to use it. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: empathy 3.6.4-0ubuntu4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-28.41-generic 3.8.13.5 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-28-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Aug 1 15:11:47 2013 MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/1207353/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp