.. index:: Skype
.. _Skype:

Skype
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Description
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Skype is an application that provides video chat and voice calls between computers.

User instructions
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Skype is installed on all workstations via a downloaded installer. It can be started by choosing "Skype" in the XFCE menu, or by entering ``skypeforlinux`` on the command line.

Source
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Not available.

License
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https://www.skype.com/en/legal/

Admin notes
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The ``skypeforlinux-64.deb`` file was downloaded from https://go.skype.com/skypeforlinux-64.deb and is distributed and installed via puppet. This is a fairly large blob so is ignored by the puppet git. New versions can be simply downloaded over the previous version.

Note that the file ``/etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list`` is then removed by puppet so that apt doesn't use the skype repository.