Unable to install Skype ("Unmet dependencies" error)

Posted by Alex Maslakov on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Alex Maslakov
Published on 2012-07-28T17:02:52Z Indexed on 2012/11/20 11:27 UTC
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Trying to install skype on Ubuntu 12, I faced and issue. When I type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install skype

I get an error

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
skype is already the newest version.
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 skype : Depends: lib32stdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-21) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: lib32asound2 (> 1.0.14) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: ia32-libs but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: libc6-i386 (>= 2.7-1) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: lib32gcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-21+ia32.libs.1.19) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

How do I solve it? Is the way I'm using the right one to install skype?

UPDATE: If I try to do

sudo apt-get install lib32stdc++6 lib32asound2 ia32-libs libc6-i386 lib32gcc1 skype

then I get

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
skype is already the newest version.
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 ia32-libs : Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch
 lib32asound2 : Depends: libasound2 (= 1.0.25-1ubuntu10)
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

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