Spotify for Debian / Ubuntu and derivatives

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Remember that the online version of Spotify and you can also try it through Clementine, a player that is hitting hard, so if you need a Premium account for the latter

If what you want is to try the spotify client for linux Here you have the instructions. Despite what the Spotify say, I have tested this client on Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint and others, without any problem. 

1) Add the repository to sources.list

I will edit it with nano, you use your favorite editor like Gedit, Pen, Leafpad, etc.

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

We add the following line.

deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free

We save and close.

2) We add the public key.

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 94558F59

3) We update the repository.

sudo apt-get update

4) We install the spotify client.

sudo apt-get install spotify-client

And that's it.


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  1.   Daniela Riano said

    A question
    Does the program work regardless of whether one has an account or not?
    Now, if it works with an account, can I create it being from Colombia?
    Because I understand that it is not valid for those from Colombia.

    1.    neysonv said

      1) you need an account, it will be created by linking with facebook
      2) in Colombia it is not available although with a proxy I am VERY sure that you will be able to use the service without problem. that if you have to use the online version, in the case of chromium it would be run from the terminal
      chromium-browser –proxy-server = host: port
      for example try this
      chromium-browser –proxy-server = 66.35.68.145: 3127
      on this page you have a good list of proxies

  2.   skeptical said

    Installed ubuntu 13.10 works perfect = D

  3.   edebianite said

    Testing in Crunchbang the console threw:
    <>

    I solved it by downloading the package from:
    http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.8_0.9.8o-4squeeze14_i386.deb

    And now seeing its pros and cons ... Although I have been in love with Guayadeque for more than a year.

    1.    tuxxx said

      The same thing happens in Debian, the libssl0.9.8 package is only found in squeeze, it would be advisable to add the data to the article, since without this dependency spotify cannot be installed.

      regards

    2.    neysonv said

      Well, I'll have to try guayadeque to see how XD is. thanks for the warning

  4.   Richard said

    You don't fool me… you use a VPN to use Spotify 😛

    1.    eliotime3000 said

      Spotify barely made it to Mexico. In other Latin American countries, we have to use VPN.

      1.    Ivan said

        And it is appreciated that this in Mexico Haha ...
        Very good app to pass the time, it just needs to reach other places ñ.ñ

    2.    neysonv said

      I live in Spain I don't need it XD

  5.   eliotime3000 said

    And Ubuntu One? No thanks.

    1.    Richard said

      I still prefer Grooveshark

      1.    pandev92 said

        Grooveshark is a mess and has no client ...

  6.   Paul said

    With Audacious I am comfortable. 🙂

  7.   FreeBSDDICK. said

    It looks interesting !!

  8.   Hello said

    interesting, is there any unstable version of the repository? I have sid for which it gives me dependency problems

    1.    neysonv said

      It is not in the official repositories, in fact that is why you have to add an external repository

  9.   Notch said

    Good post!

  10.   Jesus Israel Perales Martinez said

    In fedora it works very well: B

  11.   Jesus Israel Perales Martinez said

    In fedora it works very well, as in ubuntu to debian I don't want to remove it from stable xD

  12.   Ale said

    The only problem that Spotify for Linux has is the radio. At least in the distribution I tested it (Ubuntu), the radio does not work. Otherwise, perfect !.

    When you name Clementine, I ask out of ignorance: how does Spotify work with that player?

    Regards!

  13.   rolly said

    I have done the instructions but when trying to install I get "The spotify-client package could not be located"

    1.    Rodrigo López said

      Hello, I could already install it

      The error “The spotify-client package could not be located” when running in the terminal “sudo apt-get install spotify-client” is because the file is apparently no longer in the repository, at least for 32-bit systems

      Searching everywhere in the official Spotify forum (https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Mac-Windows/Spotify-0-9-17-for-GNU-Linux-and-the-upcoming-1-x-beta/m-p/1134552#M125970) They give us two links to download a client for the application, the direct links are:
      http://megasearch.co.nz/438086/spotify-client0-9-4-183-g644e24e-428-1i386-deb
      http://sourceforge.net/projects/slackbuildsdirectlinks/files/spotify32/spotify-client_0.9.4.183.g644e24e.428-1_i386.deb/download

      With that you download the client, to install it I use the command: sudo dpkg –i spotify-client_0.9.4.183.g644e24e.428-1_i386.deb

      When running Spotify on the console and it sends me the error (if you run it from the icon, the application simply does not launch):
      "Spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

      Fortunately, the solution for this error is found on the Debian page itself, the file can be downloaded from:
      https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/i386/libgcrypt11/download

      Install it as follows: sudo dpkg –i libgcrypt11_1.5.0-5 + deb7u3_i386.deb

      With that I pull Spotify on my 8-bit Debian 32

      In my case everything worked correctly

      I hope it helps because it is a recurring problem for all of us who install Linux in 32 bits

      Rodrigo López

  14.   Mauro said

    Very good contribution, thank you! And thanks also to those who commented on the unfulfilled dependency.

  15.   unatalana said

    The same thing happened to me as to rolly

    1.    Rodrigo López said

      I put the solution in Rolly's question, I hope it helps you

      Rodrigo López

  16.   Basajaun said

    Whoops. I have tried to install it on a lmde2 "betsy" and in the last step,
    tells me
    E: The spotify-client package could not be located

    doing "apt update" shows the spotify repository in the list.
    Do you know why it can be

  17.   Germán said

    Hello! Very good the article I was able to install it and it works fine in my Debian 8 ... (here comes the but) ... I am having problems with the public key apparently. The error jumps to me when I do an aptitude update, I leave it below:

    W: An error occurred during signature verification. The repository is not up to date and the old index files will be used. The GPG error is: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The following signatures could not be verified because their public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 13B00F1FD2C19886

    W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release: The following signatures could not be verified because their public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A6DCF7707EBC211F
    W: Download failed http://repository.spotify.com/dists/stable/InRelease:
    W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

    Sorry for my ignorance no, from what I understand, this prevents Spotify from updating right? I clarify that I followed the tutorial at the bottom, that is, I added the public key that is above. Is it possible for a password to change? and if so, is there somewhere I put the package name (so to speak) and give me the key?

    Thanks in advance! Cheers!

      1.    linux2 said

        Fixed issue with link
        new key for the repository and we are OK

        Thank you!

  18.   juconta said

    spotify:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6:version GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by spotify)
    spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version
    GLIBC_2.14 ′ not found (required by /opt/spotify/spotify-client/Data/libcef.so)
    spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15 ′ not found (required by /opt/spotify/spotify-client/Data/libcef.so)

    1.    juconta said

      I got the above, what do I do ???

  19.   migue said

    once I install it correctly where is the spotify saved?