Installed Skype in 16.04, but won't launch

[wolfman]

Hi Jim,

I know you said you don't want to do it but I seriously recommend a fresh install!, if you follow this guide ; you will keep all your data intact!:

Install Ubuntu-MATE using the "Something else" method

Hi all, this guide can be used on any Ubuntu based system and is intended for people who have a basic working knowledge of an Ubuntu installation and wish to keep the contents of their home folder after doing a re-install. This guide is also intended for those that already have an existing swap, root and home partition setup!!. If you have not done/never done any pre-partitioning, please see this guide about using Gparted partition editor: See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Howto…

Here are the test results for running Skype with Wine:

WineHQ - Skype 7.x