I had the same error for skype 2.1 beta in Karmic beta. Installing it using dpkg from the shell fixed it (instead of using gdebi):
$ dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.47-1_amd64.deb
I had the same error for skype 2.1 beta in Karmic beta. Installing it using dpkg from the shell fixed it (instead of using gdebi):
$ dpkg -i skype-ubuntu- intrepid_ 2.1.0.47- 1_amd64. deb