====== Skype ======

===== Initalize wine as win32 =====
Remove all wine files and reinitialize it again. To do not remove existing wine, it is possible to create
new clean WINEPREFIX.
<code>
rm -fr ~/.wine
export WINEARCH=win32
export WINEPREFIX="/home/$USER/.wine"
winecfg
</code>

Run winecfg and set Windows version to 8 or 8.1.

===== Install IE8 =====
<code bash>winetricks ie8</code>

===== Download skype =====
Download full MSI installer [[http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-msi]]

===== Install Skype =====
<code bash>wine msiexec /i SkypeSetup.msi</code>

After installation ''Skype.desktop'' will be created in ~/Desktop.

Modify it to contain user credentials, like below:
<file | ~/Desktop/Skype.desktop>
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Skype
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/username/.wine" wine C:\\\\Program\\ Files\\\\Skype\\\\Phone\\\\Skype.exe /username:"username" /password:"password"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Comment=Launch Skype
Path=/home/username/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/Skype/
Icon=0566_SkypeIcon.0
</file>