Skype update on 12.04

[rikona]

Hello Hans,

Saturday, August 9, 2014, 2:35:05 AM, Hans wrote:

> Am 09.08.2014 um 05:19 schrieb rikona:

>> I just got an email telling me I had to update Skype. For some reason
>> the download from the Skype website didn't work. When I started
>> searching to see why this might be, I saw a note that the Ubuntu
>> software Center had the latest version, so I decided to try that. The
>> software Center said that it needed to uninstall "Skype" first and
>> then proceed with the install. It said it was installed, but when I
>> fired up Skype it turned out to be the older version. I presume the
>> software Center did not do the uninstall it said it needed to do. Some
>> fiddling with another browser successfully downloaded 4.3.0.37-1.deb
>> from the Skype website. The software Center supposedly installed
>> 4.3.0.37-0, it sounds quite close to the current version.
>>
>> What is the best way of updating Skype without losing all the
>> settings, contacts, and other information I have already set up? What
>> needs to be backed up to assure that this information is not
>> clobbered?
>>

> I simply updated from the software center without any backup made.
> Settings, contacts etc still where there after the update.

Thanks for the reply.

As I said above, that is what I tried to do. I originally had Skype
4.2. Software center *said* it installed 4.3 successfully. When I then
run Skype, it is still 4.2, which does not work any more. Software
center did NOT update correctly. 

Since something is not working correctly, I'd like to make a backup to
make sure info is not lost permanently.

The usual, and recommended procedure, is not working for me. I'm
trying to understand why, and what I need to do to get it to actually
update.

-- 

 rikona