Skype 7.x for PC features a new revamped UI, better UI customization and touch support.
This version of Skype works very unreliably under Wine: you cannot login normally, it often crashes, video calls do not work, it may open a certain website multiple times. Your best bet will be to use a native, albeit very old version or use its web browser version at web.skype.com.
Application Details:
| Version: | 7.x |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | http://www.skype.com |
| Votes: | 0 |
| Latest Rating: | Bronze |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 2.1 |
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What works
Sound, groups mic
What does not
webcam
Workarounds
What was not tested
Screensharing
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Took a couple of additional steps from the comments: Make sure you have IE8 and that you download the fullinstaller. Skype relies on Internet Explorer for login. What I did to resolve this issue was: winecfg, change to windows XP (ie8 can't install in other modes) winetricks ie8 Open IE8 at /drive_c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe Tools > Internet Options > LAN Settings > Automatically detect settings Close iexplore, winecfg to change to windows 8/8.1 (skype doesn't have sound otherwise) Run/install skype again and it should connect. Also, I had good results running it with Skype.exe /username:"username" /password:"password"
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Feb 23 2017 | 2.1 | Yes | Yes | No | Bronze | Kacper | |
| Show | Fedora 25 x86_64 | Feb 12 2017 | 2.0 | No | Not installable | No | Garbage | Iain Wilson | |
| Show | CentOS 6.8 | Feb 10 2017 | 2.0 | Yes | No | No | Garbage | Artem S. Tashkinov | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Dec 08 2016 | 1.9.24 | Yes | Yes | No | Bronze | Fabian Maurer | |
| Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Jun 16 2016 | 1.9.11 | Yes | Yes | No | Bronze | Kacper |
In order to run Skype 7 in Wine you have to modify Skype's lnk file and add /legacylogin parameter or you won't be able to login. In order to enable audio in Skype you have to change Windows version to 8.1 using winecfg.
Updated how-to for most recent Skype releases:
For best results create a separate fresh wineprefix.
1. Download and install Skype.
2. Install Internet Explorer 8.0 using winetricks. Opt out of the improvement survey and do not install updates (it won't work anyway).
3. Run winecfg and set Windows version to 8 or 8.1.
4. Modify Skype's lnk file to include your username and password:
/username:"username" /password:"password"
Currently video calls don't work in Skype 7.
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by Radoslav Horak on Sunday October 2nd 2016, 11:38
Sound Test Service shows Problem with playback device
Configure Wine - PulseAudio - audio audible
Ubuntu 16.04
by Radoslav Horak on Sunday October 2nd 2016, 11:45
I have had Windows XP set in order to be able ot setup IE8
by Nelson Branquinho on Wednesday September 7th 2016, 7:12
I think that is because it's using this link winezeug.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/winetricks_files/winetest.cat and it's wrong.
I have download the script for winetricks and I'm using it.
WINETRICKS_VERSION=20160724
It's possible to help?
Thx!
by Nichol Dimalanta on Monday May 30th 2016, 20:22
by Hannes Michael on Friday April 1st 2016, 3:20
by Hannes Michael on Friday April 1st 2016, 3:43
by testest on Monday January 18th 2016, 14:01
Does anyone around here have fancy binairies of it?
(You were asking to install ie11 and edge with this link, right?)
by testest on Monday January 18th 2016, 14:05
I was responding to DrThRaX, whom responded to chuen.
by Georg on Thursday February 25th 2016, 7:52
by Tejas Parekh on Monday January 11th 2016, 0:16
by chuen on Monday January 4th 2016, 17:10
I managed to install Skype 7.x on wine-1.9.0 (manjaro, arch linux).
I've followed the important side notes, but after I launch skype I get the message "Sorry, we couldn't connect to Skype" inside the opened skype window.
I get to the same point in a 64bit and a 32bit WINEPREFIX.
Can anyone help me with that?
Thanks!
Regards
by DrThRaX on Thursday January 14th 2016, 3:21
Can you try them
by Shanna on Friday January 22nd 2016, 17:18
What I did to resolve this issue was:
winecfg, change to windows XP (ie8 can't install in other modes)
winetricks ie8
Open IE8 at /drive_c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe
Tools > Internet Options > LAN Settings > Automatically detect settings
Close iexplore, winecfg to change to windows 8/8.1 (skype doesn't have sound otherwise)
Run/install skype again and it should connect.
Also, I had good results running it with Skype.exe /username:"username" /password:"password"
by Chris Noffsinger on Tuesday February 16th 2016, 14:21
I don't like that the password is in the output to ps now but everything works except my webcam so I cant complain.
by lilly on Wednesday May 6th 2015, 16:45
Could somebody please specify the instructions.
In the text editor it is not obvious where to put the command.
All combinations I tried did not work.
by Artem S. Tashkinov on Thursday May 7th 2015, 2:09
Open it with any text editor, and edit the "Exec" line. Add to the end of it "/legacylogin" without quotes.
by Carl Gessau on Tuesday June 9th 2015, 14:10
Exec=/usr/share/playonlinux/playonlinux --run "Skype" "/legacylogin" %F
instead of
Exec=/usr/share/playonlinux/playonlinux --run "Skype" %F