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Old skype issues

I can't find any info on that so I am wondering maybe anyone have found any bypasses.

The issue is that skype stopped supporting old version, and I am forced to use web skype, or new skype for linux which doesn't meet my expectations.

When I launch old skype login screen pops, I enter my credentials and after clicking 'login' skype just exits.

I am using MINT 17.02.

Thank you.

Solution

  • The bypass is trivial.

    First, make sure that you use the correct version of the program.

    $ skype --version
Skype 4.3.0.37
© 2014 Skype and/or Microsoft

    But when you try to sign in, Skype exits.

    Fortunately, Microsoft has implemented the program version verification in a particularly simple way. Now I assume you are in the same directory as the skype executable and that you have sufficient rights to edit this file (you can also use the sudo command). You can change the version of the program with Perl.

    $ perl -pi -e 's/4\.3\.0\.37/8.3.0.37/g' skype

    Furthermore, you can verify that the change succeeded.

    $ skype --version
Skype 8.3.0.37
© 2014 Skype and/or Microsoft

    And finally, you can run the program…

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