

The Facebook login may fail on first try, but it should work after a few tries (I don't know why this happens, but it is probably related to libgcrypt20 if I have to guess). When I upgraded, I encountered a couple of errors but they did not appear to crash my distro nor impair my Spotify client. You should see an update for your Spotify client. Close all boxes and now search for "Software Updater" on your distro and check for updates. In the "Distribution" box, change "stable" to "testing".

You'll find a line that says " stable non-free". On your distro, look for "Software & Updates" and go to the "Other Software" tab. Method 1 Install Spotify with APT Method 2 Install Spotify with Flatpak Method 3 Install Spotify with Snapcraft How to Launch Spotify Additional Commands Conclusion Installing Spotify on Ubuntu Method 1: Install Spotify with APT Installing Spotify on Ubuntu is first by using the APT package manager and importing the official Spotify repository. If you have followed the instructions given by and your Spotify client doesn't start (and this is because the client in the stable distribution relies on libgcrypt11, which is upgraded to libgcrypt20 in Ubuntu 15.04), read on. I have a GUI-friendly fix for people who are running Ubuntu 15.04 64-bit.

First of all, go to the Settings and then click on ‘System’ Click on ‘System’ Step 2. So, it’s better to try your luck on this one. Add Spotify RepositoryĪdd the spotify repository to your system with the following command: echo deb stable non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt//spotify.list 3. Well, this might solve the Spotify error code 18 issue, but these things can help. The key for the spotify repository can then be installed running the following command on the terminal: sudo apt-key adv -keyserver hkp://:80 -recv-keys 931FF8E79F0876134EDDBDCCA87FF9DF48BF1C90 2. The maintainer will often place a copy of the authentication key on a public key server. Register Spotify repository signing keysĪuthentication keys are usually obtained from the maintainer of the software repository. If the process shown on this article doesn't work, follow the debian installation steps of the official Spotify website here.
