Updating Skype to 15.6

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Using XFCE.

Followed instructions all as su.

zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy

zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh

zypper dup --from snappy

zypper install snapd

systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor

snap install skype

It tells me snap “skype” is already installed
Could someone please point to my error.

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Not sure I understand the question.

It says skype is installed. Are you able to launch it?

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The title is not that clear. Do you perform a Leap 15.5 to 15.6 upgrade and want to use (snap) Skype afterwards? If yes, (snap) Skype should be still installed (when it was installed on Leap 15.5). You can list the available/installed snaps on your system via
snap list

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No. It won’t start and tells me it needs updating.

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Did you try to manually update skype?

sudo snap refresh skype
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I know what you’re hitting:

  • You had Skype installed from the Microsoft repo ( through opi? )
  • You did not uninstall the Skype rpm
  • It doesn’t work anymore and points you to instructions to install the Ubuntu snap

Uninstall the Skype rpm and try again. That said, given how MS treats Skype on Linux these days I would not trust it with a 10 feet pole.

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I believe that there is a 15.6 version. Perhaps I should stay with the 15.5 version.

desk:/home/ion # snap list
Name               Version                     Rev    Tracking       Publisher   Notes
bare               1.0                         5      latest/stable  canonical✓  base
core18             20240920                    2846   latest/stable  canonical✓  base
gnome-3-28-1804    3.28.0-19-g98f9e67.98f9e67  198    latest/stable  canonical✓  -
gtk-common-themes  0.1-81-g442e511             1535   latest/stable  canonical✓  -
skype              8.136.0.203                 382    latest/stable  skype✓      -
snapd              2.67                        23545  latest/stable  canonical✓  snapd
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desk:/home/ion # snap refresh skype
snap "skype" has no updates available
desk:/home/ion #
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Sorry. I didn’t block quote.

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I’m inclined to agree that it’s been a piece of you know what. What else can I use in it’s place. Zoom works but none of my 80 year old friends want to switch.

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Sorry, not here to provide a solution … but only to provide a different perspective.

I prefer using Flatpaks. If I fire up Discover, it’s about 3 mouse clicks and Skype would be installed. But yea, for me, Flatpaks over Snaps plus easier to install using Discover.

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For the time being you could install the flatpak version. No idea whether that still works

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I can confirm that Flatpak Skype is still working on my Leap 15.6. I am using it as non-root flatpak in Gnome.

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A surprise solution if anyone runs into the same problem. Skype runs successfully under Fedora, located at /var/lib/snapd/snap/bin/skype. I copied it to 15.6 and it runs smoothly.

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