There seems to be a dependency issue: whoopie@v131:~$ LANG=C sudo apt-get install skype Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies: skype : Depends: skype-bin E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. whoopie@v131:~$ LANG=C sudo apt-get install skype skype-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: skype-bin:i386 : Breaks: skype (< 4.1.0.20-0.11.10.1) but 4.1.0.20-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079348 Title: Please update Skype to new upstream v.4.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype/+bug/1079348/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
