= Installing Skype on Fedora
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:revdate: 2023-07-06
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:tags: How-to 


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link:https://www.skype.com/[Skype] is a cross-platform proprietary chat (text and video) application.

It also provides voice calls and desktop sharing. It uses a proprietary Internet telephony (VoIP) network called the Skype protocol.

== Installation

Please note: the latest versions of Skype work only on 64 bit architectures.

It is possible to install Skype on Fedora using these package methods.

* Using the RPM by Skype
* Using a Flatpak hosted by https://flathub.org[Flathub].

[installing-skype-from-3rd-party-repositories]
=== Installing Skype using the Skype RPM repository

To install Skype using the Skype RPM repository:

. Add a Skype repository file on your machine
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$ sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft-skype.repo
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. Add Skype stable and unstable repositories by adding following text in the text editor
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[microsoft-skype]
name=Microsoft Skype
baseurl=https://repo.skype.com/rpm/stable/
gpgkey=file:///usr/share/distribution-gpg-keys/skype/SKYPE-GPG-KEY
enabled=1

[microsoft-skype-unstable]
name=Microsoft Skype Unstable
baseurl=https://repo.skype.com/rpm/unstable/
gpgkey=file:///usr/share/distribution-gpg-keys/skype/SKYPE-GPG-KEY
enabled=0
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You can copy the text and paste it in the text editor using CTRL+SHIFT+v.
Hit CTRL + x to exit the text editor. Hit Y to save the file.

. Import Microsoft's GPG keys for Skype
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$ sudo dnf install distribution-gpg-keys
$ sudo rpm --import /usr/share/distribution-gpg-keys/skype/SKYPE-GPG-KEY
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. Install Skype
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$ sudo dnf install skypeforlinux
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[install-skype-using-flatpak]
=== Installing Skype using Flatpak

To install Skype using link:https://flatpak.org/index.html[Flatpak]:

. Install Flatpak using dnf:
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$ sudo dnf install -y flatpak
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. Install Skype using Flatpak:
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$ flatpak install -y --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.skype.Client.flatpakref
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. To run Skype:
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You should find a menu shortcut in your DE.
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To run it from the command line:
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$ flatpak run com.skype.Client
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