How to get Spotify for Linux. Download and install Spotify client on Ubuntu Systems. Here’s how to install Spotify in Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 Systems. Spotify is a popular streaming music app. It is a great way to listen to music by streaming it on your device.
Install Spotify in Ubuntu 15.04
Open a terminal and use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 94558F59
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install spotify-client
Once you have installed the Soptify desktop client, open it from Unity Dash. For many users, Spotify client does not starts in Ubuntu. Don’t worry, here is how to easily fix it.
Troubleshoot – Spotify Doesn’t Start
If Spotify won’t start in Ubuntu and you see a message similar to:
spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
In such case, Spotify doesn’t start because libgcrypt 11 is missing. So to fix this error with Spotify, manually install libgcrypt11. To install it, download the package and manually install it:
Simply double click on the downloaded .deb file to install libgcrypt 11 on your system. Once installed, try to start Spotify again. You may need to reboot the system.