Skype woes

[thufir]

I seem to have installed the correct version:

thufir at dur:~$ 
thufir at dur:~$ 
thufir at dur:~$ ll .
./                    .dmrc                 .~lock.clients3.csv#  .pki/
../                   .eclipse/             .m2/                  .profile
.adobe/               .gconf/               .macromedia/          .purple/
.aspell.en.prepl      .gfclient/            .mozilla/             .recently-
used
.aspell.en.pws        .gksu.lock            .mysql/               .rnd
.azureus/             .gnome2/              .mysql_history        .ssh/
.bash_history         .gnome2_private/      .nano_history         .swt/
.bash_logout          .gstreamer-0.10/      .nbi/                 .thunderbird/
.bashrc               .gvfs/                .netbeans/            .updatetool/
.cache/               .ICEauthority         .netbeans-
derby/      .watershed/
.compiz/              .java/                .pan2/                .Xauthority
.config/              .jitsi/               .pastebinit.xml       .xsession-
errors
.dbus/                .local/               .pinerc               .xsession-
errors.old
thufir at dur:~$ 
thufir at dur:~$ sudo gdebi skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done 
Building data structures... Done 

Wherever you are, wherever they are
 Skype keeps you together. Call, see, message and share with others.
  * It's free to download and join.
  * Call, instant message and send photos and documents to anyone else on 
Skype.
  * And with a webcam you can catch up face-to-face with a video call.
  * Call mobiles and landlines worldwide at low rates.
  * Easily text message anywhere in the world.
  * Get your friends together on a conference call.
 .
 And that's just the start...
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package skype.
(Reading database ... 193125 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb ...
Unpacking skype (4.3.0.37-1) ...
Setting up skype (4.3.0.37-1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1) ...
thufir at dur:~$ 
thufir at dur:~$ skype --v
Skype 4.3.0.37
© 2014 Skype and/or Microsoft
thufir at dur:~$ 
thufir at dur:~$ skype
thufir at dur:~$ 


but when I run it, it still shows version 4.2 and so cannot connect.


I purged skype with apt-get, and there's no skype folder in my home 
folder.  What else is needed to uninstall?



thanks,

Thufir