Spotify for linux, no more wine!

Tim · 2012-07-24 21:04:06

FInaly no more spotify over wine, This is a small guide how to install spotify for linux.

Spotify for Linux

This is a preview build of Spotify for Linux. As a preview release this version is still unsupported, but we're running it ourselves and will try to make sure it keeps pace with its Mac and Windows siblings.

So how do you get it? We've packaged it for Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu.
Debian

# 1. Add this line to your list of repositories by
#    editing your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free

# 2. If you want to verify the downloaded packages,
#    you will need to add our public key
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 94558F59

# 3. Run apt-get update
sudo apt-get update

# 4. Install spotify!
sudo apt-get install spotify-client

Source: http://www.spotify.com/se/download/previews/

Here is libssl0.9.8, i needed that to install spotify for linux. Iam on waldorf!
That version is not in repository, Here is the (.)deb file.
libssl0.9.8

source: http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/i386 … 8/download

No more wine for spotify, More wine for me wink

ENJOY!

Last edited by Tim (2012-07-24 21:05:22)

Tim · 2012-07-24 21:23:36

ive tried it alot today, and i can say its much more stable and better then spotify with wine.
With wine the software gets drunk, now its seems too good to be true! roll

parlotti · 2012-07-24 21:24:06

Sweet post. I shall install and use it too. Thanks

Tim · 2012-07-25 07:11:08

Tell me what you think smile
I had problem with waldorf and spotify with wine. Soundcardproblem, i did not have that problem in stabel. Then i just stumbeld up on linuxversion! I went happy face! big_smile

VastOne · 2012-07-25 15:32:31

Here is the link for the amd64 version of libssl0.9.8 amd64 deb installer

I have installed it and confirmed it works

Tim · 2012-07-25 19:03:50

VastOne wrote:

Here is the link for the amd64 version of libssl0.9.8 amd64 deb installer
I have installed it and confirmed it works

Thanks for 64bit version, i think a lot of people wants that wink

VastOne · 2012-07-25 19:06:42

The Spotify app is working well... I am now working on Conky and Album art to add to the 18 music apps and Cover Art How To

lcafiero · 2012-08-20 01:36:13

It seems to be working pretty well for me -- and I can link into the raft of music I linked to on the work Windoze box.

One caveat (and there's probably no away around it): Watching the download -- yeah, that's how exciting my life is -- it seemed to drag in a lot of lib files that it probably needs but at 30-something MB, that's seems a little heavy to me.

rstrcogburn · 2012-08-20 03:50:56

I'm working on a despotify x86 package for squeeze that will be compatible with statler

http://despotify.se/

the downside is it's for premium only users.

sunfizz98 · 2012-08-20 07:21:46

Is the spotify client only for premium users or can it be used for free users?

vicshrike · 2012-08-20 08:34:56

Also for free users, enjoy!

Edit;Installed to Waldorf 120806 -64, sweet music coming out of my speakers!

Last edited by vicshrike (2012-08-21 07:39:14)

plantperson · 2012-08-22 22:52:31

Does anyone else have a problem with it crashing upon reaching the end of a track? (It does this to me perhaps 1 out of 5 times. Super annoying to say the least.)

Tim · 2012-08-26 09:37:39

plantperson wrote:

Does anyone else have a problem with it crashing upon reaching the end of a track? (It does this to me perhaps 1 out of 5 times. Super annoying to say the least.)

Never happend to me. Ive only had one problem one time, it was when i tried to add a track to a playlist. It did not work to drag it to my prefered playlist. Restarted spotify and never happend again. Strange

vicshrike · 2012-08-27 07:07:32

@plantperson; it has never happened to me either. You could try asking on the Spotify forum, maybe someone there knows something.

dizzie · 2012-08-27 10:12:46

Spotify is win, i use it alot and sync it across devices, and paying for it allows you do play stuff offline too. Over here i think is $10 or so, eg not much, and almost free.
If you like commercialts.... don't pay for it smile

rev89 · 2012-10-04 02:07:55

I just installed spotify and keep getting the problem with your sound card message every time i try playing a song. My sound works on other programs so i dont know why it is getting an error. can anyone help me?

rev89 · 2012-10-04 02:08:07

I just installed spotify and keep getting the problem with your sound card message every time i try playing a song. My sound works on other programs so i dont know why it is getting an error. can anyone help me?

dura · 2012-10-05 18:40:52

I've been using spotify on linux for about a year. It's been available for testing directly from the spotify download website for that long. Nice guide though. smile

Last edited by dura (2012-10-05 19:11:59)

Tim · 2013-02-05 10:01:18

Still using it, with bluetooth transmitting and so on. Love it
Now, i want to do the same in pauvcontroll to play thru DLNA eller (apples airplay thing) DLNA for sure would be best.

For my bluetooth i use
aptitude install pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pavucontrol

then iam using bluetooth-gnome instead of blueman i'm no longer get to work correktly.

ANy help, plz big_smile

Tim · 2013-02-05 10:13:23

IF YOU HAVE PROBLEM WITH SPOTIFY AFTER THE NEWEST (spotify) LINUX UPDATE

me wrote:

spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libQtNetwork.so.4:

For me with 32bit of the newest waldrof i have to install the libssl0.9.8 as usual.
AND install libQtNetwork.so.4 is in the libqt4-network package.

So just install it from terminal, its in this lib package:
Sudo aptitude install libqt4-network

Hope this will help someone in the future smile

Last edited by Tim (2013-02-05 10:13:54)

ChipButty · 2013-02-07 09:38:56

I have installed Spotify but get this error when I try to open it from the terminal.

spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libQtNetwork.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I figured it was something I needed to install but an apt-get couldn't find anything. What do I need to do?

vicshrike · 2013-02-07 11:37:29

you have to install;

libqtnetwork4-perl

ChipButty · 2013-02-07 22:47:37

vicshrike wrote:

you have to install;
libqtnetwork4-perl

Worked like a charm. Thank you!

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