I'm an experienced MS Windows geek, but have little to no Linux experience and some limited Unix experience from about 10 years ago.. I just built a Debian Linux box, and downloaded the debian skype package.

There's no installation instructions on the Skype site, and I don't know how to install it.

I have NO clue what the hell I'm doing. Tried looking for the answers - just can't seem to find it.

I'd appreciate ANY patient help/handholding through the installation process.


Thanks!

run 'dpkg -i packagefilename' as root and there you are. don't forget to put the actual skype package filename in place of packagefilename.

Add "deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free" to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and then "apt-get update; apt-get install skype". Doing it this way means that skype will be auto-updated with all your other packages whenever you do a "apt-get upgrade". Debian's best feature is it's package system, be sure to use it.