How to Install and Uninstall pidgin-skype-common Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "pidgin-skype-common" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install pidgin-skype-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pidgin-skype-common" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall pidgin-skype-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the pidgin-skype-common package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pidgin-skype-common
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/net
Installed-Size: 254
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gabriele Giacone <[email protected]>
Architecture: amd64
Source: pidgin-skype
Version: 20140930+svn665+dfsg-1
Replaces: pidgin-skype (<< 20121121+svn646+dfsg-1), skype4pidgin
Provides: skype4pidgin
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libx11-6, libpurple0 (>= 2.1.1)
Breaks: pidgin-skype (<< 20121121+svn646+dfsg-1), skype4pidgin
Filename: pool/multiverse/p/pidgin-skype/pidgin-skype-common_20140930+svn665+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 58128
MD5sum: 92959158135160bde627cf0aaed60b49
SHA1: edacc8a26fe65f8736ddc3772792cb873356f9a2
SHA256: ee4220553169210b4a5b670cf9e69b218640f6578688155a9545f34610338242
Description-en: Skype plugin for libpurple messengers (common files)
This protocol plugin allows libpurple to communicate with Skype.
Applications using libpurple (Pidgin, Finch, Empathy/Telepathy,
etc.) can thus show your Skype contacts alongside those from
other protocols, and you can communicate with them using that
application instead of the Skype user interface.
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This plugin communicates with the Skype application in the
background to perform its work, so it's necessary to have Skype
installed and running.
This product uses the Skype API but is not endorsed, certified
or otherwise approved in any way by Skype.
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This package contains D-Bus and X11 libpurple plugins.
Description-md5: 79f76414778dafe065f624e3cd8dab7f
Homepage: http://eion.robbmob.com/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu