1. I have numerous time updated the software center.


2. Upgraded the system using sudo apt-get upgrade and also sudo apt-get update.


3. Went through a lot of tutorials.


4. Downloaded skype from there site.


5. Tried to install through terminal.


6. Review this question.

Below are the details of my /etc/apt/sources.list file

# deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.1)]/ quantal main multiverse restricted universe



# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to

# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted

deb-src http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted



## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the

## distribution.

deb http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted

deb-src http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted



## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu

## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any

## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

deb http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe

deb-src http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal universe

deb http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe

deb-src http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates universe



## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 

## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 

## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 

## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu

## security team.

deb http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse

deb-src http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal multiverse

deb http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse

deb-src http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates multiverse



## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as

## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes

## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.

## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review

## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

deb http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb-src http://pk.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-backports main restricted         universe multiverse



deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted

deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe

deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse

deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal-security multiverse



## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's

## 'partner' repository.

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the

## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner

deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner



## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party

## developers who want to ship their latest software.

deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main

deb http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ hardy main

deb-src http://ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl/ubuntu/ hardy main

deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu quantal main

But still unable to install Skype. It gives me the old fashioned several lib dependency errors. Also when I try to install the .deb package downloaded from their site, it gives skype-bin error.