[Solved] Problem Installing Wine and Skype

[grandtheft_jiujitsu]

I am having troubles installing Wine and Skype.

Skype - I downloaded the .deb directly from the Skype website. I go to "download" folder and click to install, hit "install packages", enter password, then a pop up comes up saying "Downloading additional package files" but nothing happens? From the terminal i entered

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sudo apt install skype

, entered password, notified of file size and asked if i want to continue (yes and enter) then "install these packages without verification (yes, and enter) then it freezes at "0% [connecting to archive.ubuntu.com (91.189.92.182)]

Wine - The instructions on the mfr website say to install the wineHQ ppa first. I tried to do this through the terminal and ran into a similar problem as with Skype.

any suggestions? And yes, I do have an internet connection as I am posting here. Thanks in advance.

[Lord_Eager]

1st avoid to use .deb packages directly when not necessairy, use software manager or obviously better Apt to install packages from repos.
Now open a terminal and type (copy&paste):

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sudo apt-get remove skype

then:

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sudo add-apt-repository “deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $ (lsb_release-sc) partner" &&
sudo apt-get update && 
sudo apt-get install skype

For wine try:

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sudo apt-get install wine

this should install wine 1.4
If you want wine 1.5.XX, then i will try to help you with the add-apt procedure.

[grandtheft_jiujitsu]

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sudo apt-get remove skyp

"package skype is not installed, so not removed" ... I guess thats a good thing then,

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sudo add-apt-repositor "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $ (lsb_release-sc) partner"

no errors, so I'm guessing it worked...

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sudo apt-get update

lots of updates, then "E: some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used insteasd"

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sudo apt-get install skype

took a bit of waiting, but it worked. My friends and distant family would surely thank you

[Lord_Eager]

I'm glad , mark the thread as SOLVED if you consider it.