

Run apt update or apt-get update to update apt: sudo apt-get update Now download and install the repository's GPG key: curl -s | sudo apt-key add -Īnd add the repository to the apt source lists: echo "deb stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt//skype.list The Skype repositories are using https, this means you need to make sure you have installed the apt-transport-https package first: sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https Note: Although this guide was tested with Linux Mint 20.2 (Ubuntu 20.04), the following tutorial steps also apply for other Debian- and Ubuntu-based Linux distributions. And fortunately Microsoft has created a software repository for deb packages! However once you have gotten used to install software using the APT package manager, you of course want to install Skype from an APT repository.
