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Initalize wine as win32
rm -fr ~/.wine export WINEARCH=win32 export WINEPREFIX="/home/$USER/.wine" winecfg
Run winecfg and set Windows version to 8 or 8.1.
Install IE8
winetricks ie8
Download skype
Download full MSI installer http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-msi
Install Skype
wine msiexec /i SkypeSetup.msi
After installation Skype.desktop
will be created in ~/Desktop.
Modify it to contain user credentials, like below:
- ~/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