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Install Native Spotify Client in Ubuntu

Spotify have brought out a native Linux client (finally!) and I can report that it works great.

However, the installation instructions are a little sparse - here are some easier ones:

First you need to add the spotify repository. Here are some proper instructions on how to add repositories:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Lucid#Add_Extra_Repositories

Basically though, you need to edit (as sudo) this file: /etc/apt/sources.list

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  1. sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

at the bottom of the file paste in this line and save the file:

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  1. deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free

Now open a terminal window (applications, accessories, terminal) and run the following:

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  1. gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.de.pgp.net --recv-keys 4E9CFF4E

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  1. gpg --export 4E9CFF4E |sudo apt-key add -

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  1. apt-get update

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  1. apt-get install spotify-client-qt spotify-client-gnome-support

That installs it, but as far as I could tell nothing is added to the menu. You can actually launch the app by opening a terminal and simply running:

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  1. spotify

You might decide to manually add this to the menu or create a custom launcher in your panel

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