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Package Details: skypeforlinux-bin 8.138.0.213-1

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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:	0.83
First Submitted:	2024-03-04 17:57 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2025-03-27 10:22 (UTC)

Dependencies (11)

alsa-lib
bash (bash-devel-static-git^AUR, bash-devel-git^AUR, busybox-coreutils^AUR, bash-git^AUR)
glibc (glibc-git^AUR, glibc-linux4^AUR, glibc-eac^AUR)
gtk3 (gtk3-no_deadkeys_underline^AUR, gtk3-classic-xfce^AUR, gtk3-classic^AUR, gtk3-patched-filechooser-icon-view^AUR)
libsecret
libxss
libxtst
nss (nss-hg^AUR)
squashfs-tools (squashfs-tools-git^AUR) (make)
libappindicator-gtk3 (optional) – system tray icon support
org.freedesktop.secrets (gnome-keyring-git^AUR, pass-secrets-git^AUR, keepassxc-allow-aur-extension-origin^AUR, keepassxc-allow-aur-extension-origin-bin^AUR, bitw-git^AUR, keepassxc-qt6^AUR, pass-secret-service-bin^AUR, keepassxc-git^AUR, dssd^AUR, pass-secret-service-git^AUR, gnome-keyring, keepassxc, kwallet, kwallet5) (optional) – keyring/password support

Required by (1)

skype-secure (requires skypeforlinux)

Sources (2)

Pinned Comments

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:

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.
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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denzil commented on 2023-03-01 08:01 (UTC)

Since a few versions ago.. my Skype fails to autostart. I got a core dump in journal but I can't figure out what's the cause. Am I the only one here with this issue?

bulletmark commented on 2023-02-10 09:57 (UTC)

@eclairevoyant, sorry when you said mainline I thought you were referring to the stock kernel, not an AUR package. I guess I will change the check so that it only warns if the value is present and != 1.

eclairevoyant commented on 2023-02-10 09:50 (UTC) (edited on 2023-02-10 09:52 (UTC) by eclairevoyant)

I don't see how that's possible that you are not getting that message while running linux-mainline because that sysctl doesn't exist in mainline kernel (it is added by Arch and Debian only):

$ sysctl -n kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone
sysctl: cannot stat /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone: No such file or directory

$ echo $?
255

$ uname -r
6.2.0-rc7-1-mainline

Skype still runs fine for me because mainline Linux has enabled user namespaces with no option to disable it.

bulletmark commented on 2023-02-10 09:44 (UTC)

@eclairevoyant, can you please clarify your issue? I run the mainline kernel and I don't get that warning message displayed (because kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone is set by default there). Also it has been discussed here previously that if it is not set (e.g. when using linux-hardened) then this packages does not run correctly so that is why the warning was added.

eclairevoyant commented on 2023-02-10 06:03 (UTC)

Might need to check the post-install script, if you use a kernel that doesn't have that sysctl (e.g. mainline kernel) this package (incorrectly) warns about the control being off, even though the app runs fine.

Hanabishi commented on 2023-01-16 18:18 (UTC) (edited on 2023-01-16 18:22 (UTC) by Hanabishi)

Maybe the main dir worth moving to /opt?
As stated in the guidelines:

/opt/pkg Large self-contained packages

dnrops commented on 2022-08-14 02:21 (UTC)

#install 
git clone https://gitlab.com/andrew_ryan/skypeforlinux-bin.git
cd skypeforlinux-bin
yay -U ./skypeforlinux-bin-8.54.0.85-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

sixtyfive commented on 2022-08-01 09:50 (UTC) (edited on 2022-08-01 09:51 (UTC) by sixtyfive)

Even with gnome-keyring installed, asks for username and password each time it is started. Is there another trick to getting it to remain logged in?

bulletmark commented on 2022-06-13 00:21 (UTC)

@nursoda, please note the first sentence in the top pinned comment here. To get automatic login, you need to install a package which provides org.freedesktop.secrets. If you search the packages you will see that gnome-keyring, keepassxc, and kwallet-secrets (from the AUR) provide that. Skype changed to this in Dec 2019.

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