Please let me know if anybody knows how to login to Skype on Linux Mint from terminal or any other way?
I have tried a lot but nothing found.
Desktop # ./skype.desktop
./skype.desktop: line 1: [Desktop: command not found
./skype.desktop: line 3: Internet: command not found
./skype.desktop: line 4: fg: no job control
./skype.desktop: line 9: Application: command not found
./skype.desktop: line 11: X-KDE-Protocols=skype: command not found
The skype.desktop files are not meant for you to run. To invoke skype you should be able to simply type skype in your terminal or run it via the full path here:
$ /usr/bin/skype
Files that end in a .desktop are configuration files for your desktop, not for you to execute directly. See here for example:
$ more /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Skype
Comment=Skype Internet Telephony
Exec=skype %U
Icon=skype.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Network;Application;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/skype;
X-KDE-Protocols=skype
You could try using gnome-open ./skype.desktop or xdg-open ./skype.desktop. These used to work, but there appears to be a bug that's been present for some time, which breaks these 2 commands ability to process .desktop files. See this AU Q&A titled: Running a .desktop file in the terminal for more on this.
Using exo-open ./skype.desktop worked for me. exo-open is part of the Xfce DE, but will properly invoke the .desktop files.
$ exo-open /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop
Using gtk-launch skype.desktop /path/to/desktop/file also works.
$ gtk-launch skype.desktop /usr/share/applications
If you take a look at the output of skype --help:
--pipelogin Command line login. "echo username password | skype --pipelogin"
So you could achieve what you want like so:
$ echo username password | skype --pipelogin
In my case(Linux Mint 17.2, based on Ubuntu 14.04) the way to just launch Skype from command line is:
$ skypeforlinux
Which is listed in:
$ /usr/bin/skypeforlinux
