Skype in 12.04 ppa

Skype 4.0.0.8 Installation

Let's first uninstall the old version of Skype with these commands:

sudo apt-get purge skype skype-bin

sudo apt-get autoremove

Install now Skype 4.0.0.8 with these commands (i386 & amd64 systems):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/chat
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install skype

That's it!


Источник - http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/07/install-skype-4008-from-ppa-on-ubuntu.html

Установка десктоп окружения MATE 1.2 в Ubuntu 12.04 / 11.10

В Precise Pangolin:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu precise main"

Теперь устанавливаем, выполнив в терминале:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mate-archive-keyring sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mate-core sudo apt-get install mate-desktop-environment

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