2 Essential Tips for Getting Spotify on Linux

Spotify, as the world largest streaming music servicer, it's compatible with a lot of platforms such as Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android, etc. However, up to now, Spotify hasn't released the official desktop Spotify program for Linux. For Linux clients who want to listen to Spotify music on their Linux machine, how to get Spotify on Linux?

Here in this article, you will find two easy ways to Play Spotify music on Linux. The first one should be installed Spotify on Linux and the second one is downloading Spotify music on your Windows/Mac device for transferring to Linux.

Part 1. How to Install Spotify Client on Linux

Linux, as one free and open-resource software operating system. Anyone can create a distribution for any demand use. If you are a novice or student, please don't worry, here a brief tutorial will help you to install Spotify client on Linux easily.

Method 1. Install Spotify on Ubuntu

For Linux new users, you may feel that this system's clients are not as latest as Windows or Mac. And compared with Windows/Mac, it's not widely used and many programs are incompatible. To install Spotify, please following these steps:

Step 1. Firstly, you need to import the Spotify repository key to Ubuntu on your Linux machine. Simply run these detailed Spotify repository key commands as following:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 931FF8E79F0876134EDDBDCCA87FF9DF48BF1C90

Notice: Please make sure that your computer has trusted the packages downloaded from the repository. Otherwise, maybe it will cause the install failure.

Step 2. After the Spotify repository added, now just run this commands to add Spotify package repository.

echo deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list

Step 3. After added the Spotify repository key and package, the last thing is installed Spotify on your Linux device. Please run these commands as below:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install spotify-client

Once doing these steps, the Spotify program will be installed on your computer. Launch Spotify app and sign in your account to listen to Spotify music on Linux,

Method 2. Install Spotify on Linux with Snap Package Management

If the first method doesn’t work normally, here also you can make use of the Snap to install Spotify on Linux. In fact, install Spotify on Linux machine with Snap is the easiest way because of the Snap supports to package all the relevant elements together. Running the commands on your computer and the Spotify will be available on Linux:

sudo apt install snap
sudo snap install spotify

Part 2. How to Download and Transfer Spotify Music to Linux

Apart from the above solution we mentioned, if you'd like to listen to Spotify music on Linux without installing the Spotify program since the stability issue, there is another solution to help you to enjoy Spotify music on Linux. You can download Spotify tracks to MP3 with AudFree Spotify Music Converter on the PCs or Mac and then sync your favorite Spotify to Linux.

AudFree Spotify Music Converter is a powerful audio converter unlike common audio converters in the market. It allows you download Spotify playlist to your computer for free, more importantly, AudFree supports to convert Spotify tracks to MP3, WAV, AAC, FLAC, M4A, and M4B with keeping ID3 tags and metadata information. After that, you will able to play them on Linux without install Spotify app.

Here is the best tutorial to download and transfer Spotify to Linux:

Step 1. Launch AudFree Spotify Music Converter on your PC or Mac, and then Spotify program will be opened automatically, directly drag and drop your tracks from Spotify to AudFree.

Step 2. After imported Spotify songs to AudFree, move to Menu and tap "Preference>Convert" option to open the setting window, where you can customize output format, bit rate, sample rate, channel, etc.

Step 3. Once all the settings are done, please press the "Convert" button at the right-bottom corner. Then AudFree will download and convert Spotify tracks to the target format and preserve them on your computer's local folder.

Step 4. Now, you just need to copy and paste these converted Spotify tracks to the USB drive and sync them on your Linux device. Now, you can play Spotify music on Linux freely without the nternet connection.