New version from Debian repo requires GLIBC_2.38

[janpolski]

After updating spotify-client to the latest version 1.2.77.358.g4339a634 from https://repository.spotify.com stable/non-free application won't launch:

./spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by ./spotify)

This is a problem, because a lot of Linux systems use GLIBC 2.36 (Debian stable, Ubuntu LTS, POP_OS! LTS) and do not have this version.

The only option for many Linux users for now is to stay on the older version (or use flatpack)

Regards!

CJ

[kostakisgr1]

I updated my system and just got the same error.

Using Debian 12

[myhatstinks]

Same here on Mint. No longer working as of this morning.

~$ ldd --version
ldd (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.35-0ubuntu3.11) 2.35

~$ spotify 
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)

[TDK1]

Same problem with Ubuntu 22.04

[kennyclark]

Same here on KDE Neon. I updated `spotify-client` this morning.

$ ldd --version
ldd (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.35-0ubuntu3.11) 2.35

$ spotify
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)

$ ls -l /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2220400 Sep 17 23:26 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
$ ls -l /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 940560 Sep 17 23:26 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6

[MagicJesus]

I'm seeing this on Ubuntu 22.04 this morning as well. What a nice way to start the day 🙂

Does Spotify even test their builds before releasing them to the world? Sloppy

[sdlion]

Same in Mint 21.3

$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Linux Mint"
VERSION="21.3 (Virginia)"

[Tomfried]

At least the unofficial Flatpak version still works. I'm wondering if/when that'll stop working, too.

[мидријаза]

Same deal here, I'm on glibc 2.35. Hoping for a downgrade, but the web client works fine for me in the meantime 😉 especially since this is a labor of love, gotta be patient for these devs: they have a lot on their plates already.

[rmvmzcp05vej5k1fhvw0]

Same issue here. After latest Spotify update, at the launch app moment, it never starts and logs shows the following error:

spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)

[rmvmzcp05vej5k1fhvw0]

I forgot to mention the OS is Debian 12 6.1.0-41-amd64

[escherdragon]

The snap from the "stable" channel on Ubuntu also works. Will have to do until they fix the main release (or the distro catches up, whatever comes first)

[2204happy]

I'm having the same issue as well, hope this gets fixed, it looks like people are talking about the same issue over on Reddit as well.

[TMM55]

It's broken on LMDE 6 "Faye" as well (not surprising since it's based on Debian 12). Really disappointing that this breaking change was rolled out without warning (honestly, it should never have been made available to Bookworm-derived distributions) and frustratingly I can't roll back (reinstalling the older version from the Faye repo crashes now with a core dump and I lack the skills to debug it).

[rugg]

same issue, same error message, Ubuntu 22.04.5

[Knightmares]

~$ spotify
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)

~$ ldd --version
ldd (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.35-0ubuntu3.11) 2.35

 Same problem happening to me i'm using pop os 22.04

[Nebulian]

It's broken for me as well.

$> cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="12"
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

$> spotify
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)

$> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 | head -n1
GNU C Library (Debian GLIBC 2.36-9+deb12u13) stable release version 2.36.

[rexut]

It's a nightmare – please provide the older version again: spotify-client_1.2.74.477.g3be53afe_amd64.deb

[slyd1619]

Having the same issue here.

$ cat /etc/lsb-release 
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS"

$ ldd --version
ldd (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.35-0ubuntu3.11) 2.35
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

$ spotify
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)
spotify: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.38' not found (required by spotify)

For now will be using web client but i hope this gets resolved soon.

[Charllyson]

Same problem here.