Installation instructions for non-debian systems.

Spotify depends on the following debian packages, please install
the corresponding packages for your system.

Depends: libasound2 (>= 1.0.14), libc6 (>= 2.6), libqt4-dbus(>= 4.5.0),
 libqtcore4 (>= 4.5.0), libqtgui4 (>= 4.5.0), libqt4-network(>= 4.5.0),
 libstdc++6 (>= 4.0.0), libxss1 (>= 1:1.2.0), usbutils, libssl0.9.8,
 libnspr4-0d, libgconf2-4, libgtk2.0-0, libnss3-1d, libglib2.0-0, xdg-utils (>= 1.0.2),
 dbus-x11, ${misc:Depends}, libudev0|libudev1
Provides: spotify-client-qt, spotify-client-gnome-support
Replaces: spotify-client-qt (<< 1:0.8.0), spotify-client-gnome-support (<< 1:0.8.0)
Conflicts: spotify-client-qt (<< 1:0.8.0), spotify-client-gnome-support (<< 1:0.8.0)
Recommends: libavcodec53|libavcodec52|libavcodec-extra-53|libavcodec-extra-52,
 libavformat53|libavformat52|libavformat-extra-53|libavformat-extra-52

On Fedora 17, you need the following things in addition to the base system:

  you@local:~$ yum install qt-x11
  you@local:~$ yum install png-compat

Spotify can be run from any folder, as long as you keep the folder
structure provided in the download.

The Spotify GNU/Linux client is built using a debian infrastructure,
which means that it expects libraries with names that may differ from
the names on your system.

It usually works to just provide symlinks with the expected names,
and there is a script provided for this.

Go to the folder where you have spotify, e.g. ~/spotify.

  you@local:~$ cd ~/spotify

Then run the helper script to create the symlinks.
Note: this works for Fedora 17, may need tweaking for other distros.

  you@local:~/spotify$ ./linklibs-fedora.sh

If you want to have Spotify added to the menu of your desktop environment,
you can run a script to do that. Note that the spotify executable needs to
be in your $PATH for the menu to work! The easiest way to do this is to
create a symlink from ~/bin/spotify to wherever you put it.

Create the symlink:

  you@local:~/spotify$ mkdir -p ~/bin && ln -s spotify ~/bin/spotify

Register the menu and icons:

  you@local:~/spotify$ ./register.sh

You may have to log out and in again for Spotify to appear in your menu.

To uninstall, first unregister:

  you@local:~/spotify$ ./unregister.sh

Then just remove the folder.