How to install Spotify application on Linux

How do I install Spotify app on Ubuntu Linux desktop to stream music?

Spotify is a digital music stream service that provides you access to tons of songs. You can stream for free or buy a subscription. Creating a playlist is possible. A subscriber can listen music ad-free. You get better sound quality. This page shows how to install Spotify on Linux using a snap package manager that works on Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, Fedora, Arch and many other distros.

Installing spotify application on Linux

The procedure to install spotify on Linux is as follows:

Install snapd
Turn on snapd
Find Spotify snap:

snap find spotify

Install spotify music app:

do snap install spotify

Run it:

spotify &

Let us see all steps and examples in details.

Step 1 - Install Snapd

You need to install snapd package. It is daemon (service) and tooling that enable snap packages on Linux operating system.

Snapd on a Debian/Ubuntu/Mint Linux

Type the following apt command/apt-get command as follows: $ sudo apt install snapd

Install snapd on an Arch Linux

snapd is available in the Arch User Repository (AUR) only. Run yaourt command (see how to install yaourt on Archlinux):

$ sudo yaourt -S snapd
$ sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket

Get snapd on a Fedora Linux

Run snapd command

sudo dnf install snapd
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

OpenSUSE install snapd

Execute the snap command: $ snap find spotify Install it: $ sudo snap install spotify

Step 3 - Run spotify and enjoy it(译注：原博客中就是这么直接跳到step3的)

Run it from GUI or simply type: $ spotify Automatically sign in to your account on startup:

$ spotify --username vivek@nixcraft.com
$ spotify --username vivek@nixcraft.com --password 'myPasswordHere'

Start spotify client with given URI when initialized: $ spotify--uri=<uri> Start with the specified URL: $ spotify--url=<url>

About the author

The author is the creator of nixCraft and a seasoned sysadmin and a trainer for the Linux operating system/Unix shell scripting. He has worked with global clients and in various industries, including IT, education, defense and space research, and the nonprofit sector. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook, Google+.

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