topic Re: Spotify doesn't launch on Debian in Desktop (Linux)

Spotify doesn't launch on Debian

user-removed — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:12:22 GMT

Hello,

I've just installed Spotify on my laptop Kali-Linux (Debian) by following the instructions on the Spotify website.

The installation went well but Spotify doesn't launch... I don't know if it's a problem linked to missing dependencies or something like that but I cant' make it work even if the software appears in Applications > Sound and Video > Spotify.

Has anyone aver tried to install Spotify on Kali Linux? Or has anayone ever had a problem like mine?

I'm sorry for my english, I'm french.

Thank you very much,

Paul

Re: Spotify doesn't launch on Debian

Peter__ — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:12:03 GMT

Can you start Spotify from a terminal (just type spotify) then pastebin the output?

Re: Spotify doesn't launch on Debian

ThePingus — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 08:06:27 GMT

I have the same issue, and as I saw that no further information had been submitted, I thought I might help...

Running Spotify from the desktop - nothing happens. Running it from the terminal yields the following messsages:

spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by spotify)
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /opt/spotify/spotify-client/Data/libcef.so)
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by /opt/spotify/spotify-client/Data/libcef.so)

I tried to find how to get those libraries, but it did not seem at all trivial. I am fairly fresh in the Linux camp though, so it might seem harder than it is 😉

Cheers.

Re: Spotify doesn't launch on Debian

Peter__ — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 14:03:39 GMT

Looks like the same issue as over on this topic:
http://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Mac-and/Debian-Linux-glibc-error-any-ideas/td-p/810655

Currently Spotify support on Debian is a bit iffy.

Re: Spotify doesn't launch on Debian

ThePingus — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:44:55 GMT

Thank you so much for that pointer, managed to find my way from there 🙂

I'm now listening to version 9.4, and being a newbe with Linux, I'm proud as Punch!

Re: Spotify doesn't launch on Debian

kubatman18 — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:17:02 GMT

yes this is happening to me as well. whenever i follow the instructions and do the last step it gives me this message

root@Kali:~# sudo apt-get install spotify-client
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
spotify-client : Depends: libnspr4-0d but it is not installable
                  Recommends: libavcodec53 but it is not installable or
                              libavcodec52 but it is not installable or
                              libavcodec-extra-53 but it is not installable or
                              libavcodec-extra-52 but it is not installable
                  Recommends: libavformat53 but it is not installable or
                              libavformat52 but it is not installable or
                              libavformat-extra-53 but it is not installable or
                              libavformat-extra-52 but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.