Package Details: skypeforlinux-bin 8.138.0.213-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/skypeforlinux-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: skypeforlinux-bin
Description: Skype for Linux
Upstream URL: https://www.skype.com/
Keywords: skype
Licenses: custom
Conflicts: skype, skypeforlinux
Provides: skype, skypeforlinux
Submitter: Hanabishi
Maintainer: Hanabishi
Last Packager: Hanabishi
Votes: 332
Popularity: 0.85
First Submitted: 2024-03-04 17:57 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-03-27 10:22 (UTC)

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Hanabishi commented on 2025-02-28 12:11 (UTC)

Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May

Hanabishi commented on 2024-07-31 07:28 (UTC) (edited on 2024-08-20 13:25 (UTC) by Hanabishi)

There is a problem with Skype being stuck on the login screen on first launch. That happens when your org.freedesktop.secrets provider doesn't have a keyring configured, i.e. also first launch.

I don't know if this is a quirk of libsecret or Skype itself, but we can't do pretty much anything about it anyway.

Solutions are simple though:

  1. Despite the login screen being stuck, the login itself is actually successful. So just kill it and run Skype again, it should be fine after that.

  2. Configure your default keyring manually (using seahorse, kwalletmanager etc.) before running Skype.

bulletmark commented on 2020-04-30 10:01 (UTC) (edited on 2022-06-13 00:22 (UTC) by bulletmark)

To get automatic login, install a package that provides org.freedesktop.secrets, e.g. gnome-keyring.

To get a systray icon, install libappindicator-gtk3. On GNOME, then install the appindicator extension.

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Hanabishi commented on 2024-04-09 10:10 (UTC)

I were about to say the same thing. You can simply modify the desktop file as described in https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Desktop_entries#Modify_desktop_files

xiota commented on 2024-04-09 10:06 (UTC)

@Xihu0208 Don't most desktop environments allow the user to edit and save a copy of the .desktop in their home directories?

Xihu0208 commented on 2024-04-09 09:38 (UTC)

Could we consider allowing a skypeforlinux.conf for passing in customizable flags (useful under Wayland)? Similar feature has been implemented for spotify and Chromium.

Hanabishi commented on 2024-03-19 11:14 (UTC)

@gladykov, not the package issue. Check you have this message for any other package.

Read the wiki about how to use makepkg: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Makepkg#Usage. debugedit is a direct dependency of base-devel.

gladykov commented on 2024-03-19 09:30 (UTC) 

==> ERROR: Cannot find the debugedit binary required for including source files in debug packages.
error: failed to build 'skypeforlinux-bin-8.114.0.214-1':

:(

Hanabishi commented on 2024-03-04 22:59 (UTC)

Ok, we continue on this pkgbase 🙂

Hanabishi commented on 2024-03-04 20:15 (UTC)

I mean the lack of feedback since the deletion request. It is kinda implies you are not interested in repacking the snap.

Thanks for all your work anyway. I'm not sure what to do with this package now though.

bulletmark commented on 2024-03-04 20:08 (UTC)

@Hanabishi "judging by lack of feedback", trilader's 1st post is at 23:07 in my timezone and I am responding at 06:08.

mozo commented on 2024-03-04 18:06 (UTC)

Works like a charm, thank you!

Hanabishi commented on 2024-03-04 17:58 (UTC)

Here is my take on in: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/skypeforlinux-bin

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