Sunday, June 15, 2014

How to run more than one skype on Lubuntu 14.04

Alright, in this article i will show you how to run more than one skype account on Lubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, and shall works on other version too.

It's actually pretty simple, all you have to do is make another copy of .Skype folder on your home directory (for example .Skype2/).

Here's step by step how to run more than one skype on Lubuntu 14.04 :
  1. open terminal, press CTRL + ALT + T
  2. go to your home directory (~)
  3. type command : cp -a .Skype/ .Skype2/
  4. open the first skype, start menu > internet > skype
  5. open the second skype, on the terminal type command : skype -dbpath=~/.Skype2/
  6. you have two skype window opened, you can login with two different skype account.
  7. enjoy
Here's what's look like running two skype at the same time on one machine (Lubuntu 14.04) :


If you have any questions, leave comment below :)

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