⚠️ End of life notice

This role does not work anymore! The Official Skype apt repo is down since 2024. The only official way to get Skype for Linux is using Snap.

Err:16 https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease
  504  Gateway Time-out [IP: 23.202.116.136 443]

Ansible Role: Skype

Installs Skype from the official deb repository.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

None of the variables need to be altered for installing the latest stable version of the application. However, all available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

skype_package: skypeforlinux

Package name to install

skype_deb_source: "deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main"

Repository url.

skype_gpg_key_url: "https://repo.skype.com/data/SKYPE-GPG-KEY"

GPG key url.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - { role: webarchitect609.skype }

License & Author Information

BSD-3-Clause