Public bug reported: I activated Canonical Partners, but Skype did not show up when I used gnome-software to search for it.
I have a theory (unconfirmed): I used a 64 bits Xenial, with only amd64 architecture enabled. While the .deb package skype is amd64, it's a meta package. The skype-bin package, with the important files including the .desktop file, is i386. So possibly skype would have showed up in gnome-software if I had first enabled i386 with dpkg --add-architecture i386 OTOH, even if that's the case, I don't think it ought to be necessary. When using Synaptic, skype was shown. A possible fix (workaround?) would be to move the .desktop file from skype-bin to skype. Anyway, I could successfully install Skype from command line, and then it showed up in gnome-software. However, bug #1563322 applies to Skype too. ** Affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: skype (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1567630 Title: Skype not shown as installation candidate To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1567630/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs