Install or Integrate Skype / Skypeweb Pidgin Plugin in Ubuntu
To integrate Skype in Pidgin Ubuntu, use the plugin named skypeweb. Download it from git page: https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb On most Linux distributions its compilation and installation is simple as follows: sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev libjson-glib-dev libpurple-dev git clone git://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin.git cd skype4pidgin/skypeweb make sudo make install Tested and working in Ubuntu 16.04 More