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If your official skype is still working I see no reason to go through all that. Just use it, there is no need to uninstall and then use an unofficial flatpak.

I, too, keep getting the skype update error every time I run MX Updater or Synaptic, but as skype still works (both on my MX-23 and my daughter's old MX-19 machine) I just keep using it, and will do so until it eventually fails or gets fixed. I'll probably revert to Web Skype when skypeforlinux eventually stops working.

You can disable the repo, like is mentioned earlier in the thread, that way the errors don't show up anymore.

I think it works the way like operadude wrote it in post #10.


I had just written the following in the German forum:

I had already installed skype a few years ago on my systems in use.
Of course only on 64bit, because it hasn't been running on 32bit for a long time anyway, Google and MS refuse to allow it.

I used it only selden, there are plenty of alternatives.
But I just started it for a test and was able to use it.
Well, at least attempts to make calls were not refused.
But I couldn't reach anyone, because the handful of family members are only online on Skype by appointment.
However, there was a message that I should update Skype via SNAP for security reasons.

Alternatively, it is also available via FlatPacks.

In any case, it's hardly ever used and switching via the browser is sufficient.

I only opened this topic because Skype was offered originally via MxPi "Popular ... " (as I remember it).
I thought it was just a maintenance issue that I was pointing out and that could then be easily fixed by the package or repo owner so that my updates would run cleanly again without error messages.
Of course, deactivating the repo has the same effect.
Since I now know that the repo link is probably irreparable, I have deactivated it and will use the possible alternatives if necessary.


I can confirm that in MX-21.3 the same Skyp version is offered in the FlatPacks as in 23.3.

Because FlatPacks run in a kind of container ( unfortunately not as clear as with AppImages, but also separate ), in my experience a FlatPack can also be installed and used in parallel with an existing application.

Only, it's always a bit tricky to find the right launcher or to make sure which of the two applications has just been started.