Installing Skype on 12.10 64 bit causes errors

I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 64bit (clean install) and updated it.

After that i tried to install skype, and i get error that skype depends skype-bin, but it could not install it, and that there are some broken packages!?

In Ubuntu software center there is no skype. And when I try to download it from skype website it installs it via software center and it displays the error that it is not supported because it's i386...

So, how this is possible on clean install of Ubuntu 64bit? And how to fix it? And will someone fix it in next update?

Thanks in advance, Predrag

Solution 1:

This is more of a comment than an answer (because it doesn't provide a solution, since there isn't one at the time) but: there is no functional 64-bit .deb Skype package for Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit. Source: Skype forums.

The package http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu_4.0.0.7-1_amd64.deb is "fake" (source: http://www.mindwerks.net/2012/06/skype-4-0-on-ubuntu-precise-12-04-64-bit-2/). Trying to install it will ultimately fail with E: Package 'ia32-libs-multiarch' has no installation candidate

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype is outdated and incorrect - the Canonical partner repo doesn't list Skype.

Summary: you're SOL