How to Get Spotify Music on Linux? Spotify is a great way to find and listen to music by streaming it on your phone, in your web browser, or on your Linux desktop. You can stream everything, sync tracks and playlists offline, or sync local music to iPhone, iPod or other mobile devices. In this post, we will show you the best two ways to play Spotify Music on Linux: one is to install Spotify in Ubuntu 16.04 and later versions; the other one is to download Spotify music to your Mac/ Windows computer for syncing to Linux.
If you are attempting to install Spotify, the following method would be very helpful for you to successfully install Spotify client in your Linux.
Step 1: To install desktop client of Spotify, open a default terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T short cut key and use the following commands:
Step 2: This will add the above repository in software sources list. Now add the signing key:
Step 3: Next, update and install Spotify client.
Step 4: The current stable release was built against Ubuntu 14.04. It does not launch in Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 without the library libgcrypt.so.11. To fix it, just select download the package from the link below and click to install via Software Center. libgcrypt11 for 64-bit | libgcrypt11 for 32-bit That’s all you need to do. Next you can start Spotify by searching for it Unity Dash (in Ubuntu). It integrates very well in Ubuntu environment. Here is what Spotify interface looks like in Ubuntu 16.04:
With no Linux developer to work on the Spotify app bugs and broken features abound, the app looks far less mordern today. If you are no willling to install Spotify app on your Linux due to it's bad performance and stability issues, there is another way to help you enjoy Spotify Music on Linux. Just use Sidify Music Converter for Spotify to rip Spotify Music on your Mac/PC and then transfer them to your Linux. In the foll
In the follwing guide, we'll show you how to easily download Spotify music for Linux. Step 1. Import Music from Spotify to Sidify. To start with, just click "+" icon and then drag and drop any music file or playlist from Spotify to Sidify adding window. Check the music that you need to convert and then press "OK".
Step 2. Choose Output Settings Then click setting button to change the basic parameters (Including Output format, Output quality and Conversion mode, etc). Here you can choose format as MP3, AAC, FLAC or WAV and adjust output quality up to 320 kbps. Tips: If you need to store the output audio into Artist/ Album folders automatically, please check the box of the "Keep output folder organized". Otherwise, all of your music would be converted into one folder.
Step 3. Tap the "Convert" button to start removing DRM and downloading Spotify music to plain format with ID3 tags kept after conversion.
Step 4. After conversion, you can click Windows History Button button to easily find the welldownloaded MP3/AAC/FLAC/WAV file in the top right corner.
Here, you can also choose "Share" button to share Spotify music to your friend via Email or directly burn to CD.