Making skype links work
So here’s a short description of how to make skype: links in your browser work.
Applies to Mozilla (Firefox) and Konqueror. Assumes you have skype-action-handler installed in /usr/local/bin - adjust path as appropriate.
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m_a_cremonini commented Saturday, Jan 6
Hi! Thank you for your hint about firefox. In my system (suse 10.1 firefox 1.5.0.9) the link works if it is in the form skype:user?call but does not work with a skypecast link. I also tried with /usr/bin/skype-action-handler plus the skypecast link and it did not work. Any suggestion? Thank you, Mauro
jgxenite commented Saturday, Jan 13
This only seems to work if I type the URL directly into the address bar. However, it doesn't work for image/links because the "is Skype installed" script can't tell you have Skype installed. Is there some way of reporting back to the script that you have Skype installed?
James
Berkus commented Sunday, Jan 14
Erm, well. This is for links that are not guarded by evil javascript. You may also try to register application/x-skype mimetype manually for the browser you use (this will make JS allow such links).
Registering this mimetype when installing skype is in TODO for next skype version tho.
bluetraveler commented Friday, Jul 13
This' really cool 
I just found this post after installing Skype 1.4beta for Linux on my ubuntu today. I thought, "Coool! There's a solution finally!", but suddently I relized that there's no "skype-action-handler" in the latest relaease......
I've tried to point the calue to /usr/bin/skype and add
network.protocol-handler.expose.skype to false
and
network.protocol-handler.external.skype to true
But after clicking the skype:someone?chat link, it opens(excute) an other skype and says database failed....
My problem is:
If there's no skype-action-handler in this skype release, how and what should I do to ask skype which's already running to make a call, instead of start running another skype?
If it won't bother, plz just msg me...
Truely Thanx!
my skype: bluetraveler
mole840 commented Friday, Jun 6
Do these instructions need to be updated for the new Skype 2.0 linux beta release, I cant seem to find the action-handler
Berkus commented Tuesday, Jun 10
There's a bunch of third-party action handlers lying around, just use the search, Luke.
crawfrdb commented Saturday, Sep 20
Please update this as applicable for current releases (here in 2008 almost 2009).
How do I get skype-action-handler if I don't have it? where do I get it?
Thanks!
nad2000 commented Monday, Apr 27
On Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) after upgrading FireFox to 3.0.9. skype links don't work. I have reinstalled skype, but it didn't help. Still the same invitation to download Skype. It seams that action-hadler or what ever is gone. Any ideas?
Skype on Ubuntu 2.0.0.72-1
Links workd with FF 3.0.8 and Skype 2.0.0.72-1
thestudio53 commented Wednesday, Jul 8
I struggled to do this on Ubuntu 9.04 (Gnome), Firefox 3.0.11. Finally got it to work after piecing together bits of information from this area and the web. So I've wrote down exactly what I've done - hope someone finds it useful!
Installing Skype on Ubuntu (or Debian)
This how to will show you how to install a Skype client in Ubuntu & Debian base operating system.
1. First of all you need to start up Synaptic Package manager. Go to System->Synaptic Administration->Synaptic Package Manager
2. From Synaptic, go to Settings->Repositories. Click on Third Party Software Tab. Click Add, and put on this line :
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
Click Add Sources.
3. Click Close, and Click 'Reload' at the top of Synaptic. Now you can locate Skype and install it from Synaptic.
Download and install the Skype Action Handler
http://search.cpan.org/~ecarroll/Net-DBus-Skype-0.02/
and extract.
In a console, navigate to extracted files directory and run these
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
For Mozilla (Firefox)
* Open Mozilla (Firefox)
* Type about:config in the address-bar to open the configuration editor.
* Use the scroll bar to navigate to the network.protocol... section.
* Check if the network protocol section includes a network.protocol-handler.app.skype key.
* If a key exists, edit it. If no key exists, create a key by right-clicking on any key and selecting New -> String from the pull-down menu.
* Enter network.protocol-handler.app.skype as the key name.
* Enter /usr/local/bin/skype-action-handler as the key value.
### For GNOME-aware browsers (Epiphany, Firefox 1.5)
Run the following two commands:
/usr/bin/gconftool-2 -s -t string /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/skype/command '/usr/local/bin/skype-action-handler "%s"'
/usr/bin/gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/skype/enabled true
Thats it - Test Call should work in Firefox
nextwave1980 commented Tuesday, Jul 28
Alright.. I've tried these steps to get Skype buttons or links to work with FireFox. I no longer get the pop up window requesting that I have to install skype. A window opens asking which program should 
open with. I selected skype. It loads for a second or 2, and a second copy of Skype appears in my task bar. Instead of starting the call, it just opens a new instance of skype. Very frustrating. If anyone has a solution to this I'd love to know. Thanks in advance.
skype version:
Version: 2.0.0.72-mdv
Currently installed version: 2.0.0.72-mdv
Group: Applications/Internet
Architecture: i586
Size: 19895 KB
Medium: None (installed)
OS: Mandriva One 2009.1 Spring
kernel: 2.6.29.6-desktop586-1mnb
nextwave1980 commented Tuesday, Jul 28
Alright.. I've tried these steps to get Skype buttons or links to work with FireFox. I no longer get the pop up window requesting that I have to install skype. A window opens asking which program should open with. I selected skype. It loads for a second or 2, and a second copy of Skype appears in my task bar. Instead of starting the call, it just opens a new instance of skype. Very frustrating. If anyone has a solution to this I'd love to know. Thanks in advance.
skype version:
Version: 2.0.0.72-mdv
Currently installed version: 2.0.0.72-mdv
Group: Applications/Internet
Architecture: i586
Size: 19895 KB
Medium: None (installed)
OS: Mandriva One 2009.1 Spring
kernel: 2.6.29.6-desktop586-1mnb
erniecom commented Wednesday, Sep 30
In version 2.1.0.47 the skype-action-handler is included and stored /usr/bin in my Suse 11.1. There is a dependency problem however and I could not find information how to solve this. When I start skype-action-handler from the command line it says:
Can't locate Moose.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/x86_64-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/Net/DBus/Skype.pm line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/Net/DBus/Skype.pm line 3.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/skype-action-handler line 4.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/skype-action-handler line 4.