How to listen to Deezer music on a Chromebook

In the past, we’ve gone over how to listen to your favorite music on a Chromebook using Spotify. However, Spotify isn’t the only subscription music service out there. Another excellent music service to use on your Chromebook is Deezer.

In this guide, we’ll show you how to set up the Deezer Enhanced Linux app on Chrome OS, and how you can use it to listen to your favorite songs. To get started, ensure your Chromebook supports virtualization.

How to enable Linux on your Chromebook

Before the Deezer Enhanced app works on your Chromebook or Chrome desktop app, you must enable Linux support. To allow Linux to support, start by clicking on the clock icon in the Chrome dash. After selecting the clock, find the gear icon, and click on it to load up the Chrome OS settings area.

Inside the Chrome OS settings area, locate the “Advanced” section, and click on the drop-down menu to reveal its options. After showing all available options, locate the “Developers” area, and click on it with the mouse. Finally, make your way to the “Linux development environment” area.

Inside the Linux development area, click on the “Turn on” button with the mouse. Selecting this button will download and configure a Debian Linux container you can use on the Chrome OS desktop. It’ll also install an app called “Terminal”.

After Chrome OS installs the “Terminal” app, it will launch it. In this terminal app, locate “penguin,” and click on it with your mouse. Selecting “penguin” will give you access to the command line interface of the Chrome OS container.

Inside the Chrome OS terminal, run the apt update command. This command will check for any available software updates that you can install. It is critical to check for updates every so often to keep your content up to date.

sudo apt update

Once you’ve run the update command, it is time to run the upgrade command to install any available software updates on the container. These updates shouldn’t take long to install, however, do not close the terminal during this process.

sudo apt upgrade -y

With all upgrades installed on your Chrome OS Linux container, the Linux development environment is ready to use.

How to install Deezer Enhanced on Chrome OS

To install Deezer Enhanced on your Chromebook, start by launching the terminal window. You can launch a terminal on your Chromebook by searching for “Terminal” in the Chrome OS app menu. Once it is open, search for “penguin,” and click on it with the mouse.

After selecting the “penguin,” option, you’ll have access to the terminal in the Debian container. From here, you can use the wget download command to grab the latest release of Deezer Enhanced.

wget https://github.com/duzda/deezer-enhanced/releases/download/v0.3.2/deezer-enhanced_0.3.2_amd64.deb

Once you’ve downloaded the latest release of Deezer Enhanced to your Chromebook, you can use the apt install command to set up the program on the Debian container.

sudo apt install ./deezer-enhanced_0.3.2_amd64.deb

With the package set up on your Chromebook, you’ll be able to launch Deezer Enhanced via the “Linux apps” area in the Chrome OS app menu.

How to install Deezer Enhanced on Chrome OS – AppImage

While the DEB package version of Deezer Enhanced should work fine on Chrome OS, there is an alternative that you can install. To get it working, open up the Chrome OS terminal, and select “penguin.” Then, use the wget download command to download the latest AppImage release of Deezer Enhanced to your Chromebook.

wget https://github.com/duzda/deezer-enhanced/releases/download/v0.3.2/Deezer.Enhanced-0.3.2.AppImage

You’ll now need to update the permissions to the AppImage so that it can run. Use the following chmod command to change the permissions for the file.

chmod +x Deezer.Enhanced-0.3.2.AppImage

With the permissions updated, you can start up Deezer Enhanced directly through the terminal with the following command.

./Deezer.Enhanced-0.3.2.AppImage

How to use Deezer Enhanced on Chrome OS

Once you’ve installed the Deezer Enhanced app on your Chromebook, open up the Chrome OS app menu, and select the “Linux apps” folder. With the app open, locate the “log in” button, and click on it with the mouse.

When you select the “Log In” button, log into your Deezer account. Once you’ve logged in, you’ll see the Deezer music interface. From here, select “Music” to listen to your favorite artists. Alternatively, click on the search box, and type in your favorite song, band, or album.