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Ubuntu: Spotify install and setup - how to

  • Oct 19, 2025
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For Ubuntu there is a Desktop Client for Spotify. We will show you how to install the program, and finally, on your Linux System easily music can stream.

Spotify on Ubuntu Linux install

This manual applies to Ubuntu versions 14.04 and higher. Spotify is available in a Beta Version as third-party package available for you:
  1. First, open the Terminal, it is required for all further steps. As you will need for the Installation Administrator rights, be prepared to provide your root password.
  2. In order for the installation files, which you can download later, can be checked, you need to give Ubuntu a key to validation. To do this, copy the following command (without the quotes) in the Terminal and press Enter: "sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886"
  3. Now you need to tell your System what the source of it, the Spotify installation files can refer to. You can do this using the command: "echo deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list"
  4. Then update the list of known repositories with "sudo apt-get update".
  5. The actual Installation, you start now with "sudo apt-get install spotify-client". Follow to complete the instructions until the process. You can then log in with your User data and the familiar graphical user interface appears (see Screenshot)
  6. Of course you can go during or after the Installation something went wrong. The Wiki page of Ubuntu users and offers solutions for many problems that typically occur.
Ubuntu: Spotify-Client install
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