How to get and install skype?

[Nils Kassube]

Paul Stear wrote:
> Cheese reports no device found, I have a Microsoft web-cam but I am
> not sure what I need to do to get it working.
> I have the web-cam working but still no sound.

Does that mean that you can use the video part of the webcam with skype 
but you also want to use the built-in microphone of the webcam and that 
doesn't work? Maybe there is some help on this page: 
<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SkypeTroubleshooting>


Nils