Skype woes

[NoOp]

On 08/24/2014 02:34 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Sun, 2014-08-24 at 15:41 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
>> Karl, have you run
>> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>> If not then do so and then try
>> apt-cache policy skype
>> again.  It should show 4.3.0.37-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
> 
> I generally run update before anything else, so I'm pretty sure I did do
> that before. Probably did not do the dist-upgrade.
> 
> However I have now done both, and the result from policy is identical -
> version 4.2 for both skype and skype-bin.
> 
> Regards, K.
> 


If you are running 12.04, you'll need to enable partner proposed:
<https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype>
(4.3.0.37-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 release, proposed (partner) )

Regarding getting skype 4.2 splash, have a look at what your Skype
launcher is actually launching. If you have installed 4.3 directly you
will most likely need to adjust the launcher to your manually installed
version.