Kubuntu 14.04: no access any more to Skype from Telepathy?

[O. Sinclair]

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On 03/10/2014 11:36, Bas Roufs wrote:
> Hello Everybody, until and including Kubuntu 13.10, I managed to
> access Skype via Telepathy, via the intermediary package
> 'pidgin-skype'.
> 
> Also here in Kubuntu 14.04, I have installed the 3 packages
> managed above. When trying to access Skype from Telepathy, I need
> now to manually fill in my 'Skype path', which was not necessary in
> previous Kubuntu versions. The path is my case
> /home/bas/Skype/basroufs/. As far as I can see, this path must be
> correct - however I still do not get access from Telepathy after
> giving it in. Also when skipping the final slash - '~/basroufs'
> instead of '~/basroufs/' , I do not have success. They only way I
> manage to Skype now is using the stand-alone Skype package for
> Linux which is still in the repository. Do I overlook anything?
> 
> Thanks for your feedback. Respectfully Yours,
> 
> Bas G. Roufs, in Vienna.
I got 2 options after installing the packages:
skype-dbus
skype-X11

I opted for skype-dbus. After giving my skype path as
/home/sinclair/.Skype/myskypeid it works as expected. did you by
mistake leave out the dot in .Skype ??

Sinclair
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