This post shows students and new users steps to install Spotify on Ubuntu Linux. Spotify for Linux gives you instant access to millions of songs that can be played on Linux machines, including Ubuntu Linux. With Spotify, you can discover new music, stream the tracks you love and fire up your playlists in every genre and mood.
Unlike Windows and MacOS users, Spotify client may not have the same support as those clients. Linux users can install the client but they’re on their own to support it and resolve issues if things are not right. Linux, including Ubuntu users will need to manage and support the client themselves.
Linux users may also not have the latest client version, so just keep that in mind before installing Spotify.
Also, for students and new users learning Linux, the easiest place to start learning is on Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu is the modern, open source Linux operating system for desktop, servers and other devices.
To get started with installing Spotify on Ubuntu Linux, follow the steps below.
How to install Spotify on Ubuntu Linux
Installing Spotify on Ubuntu Linux is a relatively straightforward process. The easiest way to install Spotify on Ubuntu is to us Snap and the steps below show you how to do that.
Snaps are containerized software packages that are simple to create and install. They are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build which allow them to update automatically and roll back gracefully.
To install Spotify from via Snap package management, run the commands below.
sudo apt install snapd sudo snap install spotify
Once the installation is complete, you should see similar message as the one below:
spotify 1.1.68.632.g2b11de83 from Spotify✓ installed
That should install Spotify on Ubuntu. You can start the Spotify client either from the terminal by typing spotify or by clicking on the Spotify icon (Activities -> Spotify).
You can login with your account or create one and start listening to your favorite music.
Conclusion:
This post showed you how to install and use Spotify for Linux on Ubuntu. If you find any error above or have something to add, please use the comment form below.
