[ANNOUNCE]: Spotify 0.8.3 for GNU/Linux

[#1]

debian squeeze,  kde 4.4.5 deb v. 5.66, kwin.

I'll try to boot on windows

[#2]

Ironically everything is working just fine on ArchLinux (latest updates + the package from AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38847 ) though it requires a few "old" packages (openssl-0.9.8 and libpng-1.2) compared to their more recent versions.

I've also tested it on Gentoo (again latest everything, ~amd64 arch) - just add the AzP Portage Overlay to your list with Layman and emerge it - no messing around required: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=user/AzP.git;a=summary

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/userguide.xml

It does pull in libpng-1.2.49 in a different slot than the latest libpng-1.5.10 though.

:smileyvery-happy:

[#3]

I should also mention: KDE 4.8.3 desktop environment, and icedtea-7.2.1-r1 as Java.

[#4]

I'm trying to download the latest preview release of Spotify for Linux. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and followed the instructions given on the preview page, but when I attempt to install the spotify-client package, it can't locate it because of this error after adding the source for it.

W: Failed to fetch http://repository.spotify.com/dists/stable/InRelease  Unable to find expected entry 'non-free/source/Sources' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[#5]

For some stupid reason, Ubuntu insists on adding the source code repository for every repository you add.

Run this command to open a GUI to add/remove repositories:

software-properties-gtk

Go to "Other software" and uncheck the source code repo for Spotify.

Then:

apt-get update
apt-get install spotify-client

[#6]

I experience some weird crashes in opensuse 12.1. Approximately 3 seconds after I've added a new song to  a playlist, spotify crashes.

[#7]

It seems that an update installed openssl 0.9.8 as a dependencie to my system. So I deleted openssl 0.9.8 through my package manager, and did the following in terminal:

# su
# cd /usr/lib/
# rm libssl.so.0.9.8
# rm libcrypto.so.0.9.8

# ln -s libssl.so libssl.so.0.9.8
# ln -s libcrypto.so libcrypto.so.0.9.8

Now everything works just fine.

[#8]

It seems the problem I had with Spotify has gone away. I have no idea which recent update or package from the Ubuntu repository that made the trick, but if OpenSSL was the real culprit - as mentioned by other contributors to this thread - a new version came out on friday that works just fine with Spotify.

EDIT: Never mind. Spotify started acting up again (still complaining about the Java plugin). Sorry.

[#9]

Hi,

I've been facing the same kind of issue since the last 0.8.3 update (running under unbutu 11.10, 64bits).
I couldn't find a stable solution, and I had to delete .cache/spotify/Storage each time before running Spotify.

Fortunately I've found a .deb package for the 0.8.2 version (64 bits) !
Now everything works fine again. :)

I you're interested here's a link : 
http://ubuntuone.com/5bmipkqqRJiHpUjb3sq7jy

[#10]

Hi,

I am using Spotify Linux Preview on Fedora 16, 64 bit.

The installation

• alien, creating symlinks, a light fight with rpm/yum and it was done
• my mother would not be able to pull this off - hope there will be a more user friendly install in the future

What works

• Advertisements  -> Listening to music - even as not premium user 
• Local Music play
• Playing without gltiches, gaps, noise
• some apps (Moodagent, Last.fm recommentations)
• last.fm scrobbeling

What does not work

• I did experience some crashes [and used the "send crash report" on the next start if it did appear] but I don't know how to reproduce any crashes, yet.
• The mirror effect on album covers in the Radio does draw over its designed area making the "popular" section below unusable

In summary, better experience than using wine + windows player.

Thank you a lot Spotify. Please keep up the good work.