Install Spotify Preview on Debian 8 Jessie

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Install Spotify Preview on Debian 8 Jessie

Note: Possibly outdated

Note: This is more of a personal reference. You should never install/add keys/libs/programs you yourself don't trust or know are safe.

Check https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/ for the official scoop.

Intial Aptitude Install

1. Add the Spotify repository signing key to be able to verify downloaded packages

   sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys D2C19886

2. Add the Spotify repository

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

3. Update list of available packages

   sudo apt-get update

4. Install Spotify

   sudo apt-get install spotify-client

libgcrypt error

Note: Use at own discretion. Generally better to use a package manager than manually adding .deb files

If you run Spotify and get this error...

$ spotify
spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Your libgcrypt lib is too new. Debian Jessie uses version 20 (I think).

I solved this by installing the older version 11 from the Debian repsoitory at ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libg/libgcrypt11

This package for amd64: libgcrypt11_1.5.0-5+deb7u3_amd64.deb

I assume replace amd64 for your respective architecture

Example:

1. wget ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libg/libgcrypt11/libgcrypt11_1.5.0-5+deb7u3_amd64.deb
2. sudo dpkg -i libgcrypt11_1.5.0-5+deb7u3_amd64.deb

Sources

• https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/
• https://www.spotify.com/us/download/previews/
• https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Mac-and/spotify-error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libgcrypt-so-11/td-p/970485
• http://linuxconfig.org/installation-of-spotify-client-on-debian-linux-8-jessie-64-bit
• ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libg/libgcrypt11

Please do not advise installing packages from outside repositories. Package libgcrypt11 was superceded by libgcrypt20 and it is only up to Spotify developers to finally update this dependency.

@kowal-tbg: +1 !

Better solution, use the spotify version from testing :

#1. Add the Spotify repository signing key to be able to verify downloaded packages
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886

#2. Add the Spotify repository
echo deb http://repository.spotify.com testing non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list

#3. Update list of available packages
sudo apt-get update

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