Solved without permanent root - Skype won't install due to Insufficient storage

[FredChopinII]

Many people have complained about the "Insufficient storage" error message often encountered on reinstalling or upgrading skype on android devices. Here is how to solve it without needing to do a permanent root of your phone. I'm posting this to put in one place disparate bits of advice I got from the net. Nothing here is original, thanks to the clever originators of the methods mentioned here (links provided to original sources).


The symptom of the bug is that you get an error message

 

[kalpa108]

Any ideas on why Skype can't/won't fix this bug? Or is it just Microsoft?

 

[ravisingh13]

I am unable to find the link in original post guys. I am getting the same error for skype app installation