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Discuss Spotify for Linux
Hey folks! This is a heads-up that there will be a new update to the Spotify Linux client signatures. The latest available client will not install this new key just yet, but it's coming soon.Come February, you may see errors related to missing keys a...
Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...
Roadie
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I know this isn't super important right now but my playlists look kinda boring with grey squares insted of emojis. If you guys could add emoji support to the snap version of Spotify, it'd be pretty cool. Thanks for the hard work, btw. EDIT: Japanese ...
I know this isn't super important right now but my playlists look kinda boring with grey squares insted of emojis. If you guys could add emoji support to the snap version of Spotify, it'd be pretty c...
Music Fan
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Plan: FreeCountry: BrazilDevice: Inspiron 14R 5437OS: Fedora 28Issue: When I click in the button to log with Facebook I get the message: "A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionally you could try cha...
Plan: Free Country: Brazil Device: Inspiron 14R 5437 OS: Fedora 28 Issue: When I click in the button to log with Facebook I get the message: "A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update you...
Casual Listener
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Plan PremiumCountry USADevice Linux PCOperating System Mint 19 My Question or IssueI had spotify set to start minimized in Mint 18 but after the upgrade to 19 it shows up right in the middle of my media player program. The system is a keyboardless me...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Linux PC Operating System Mint 19 My Question or Issue I had spotify set to start minimized in Mint 18 but after the upgrade to 19 it shows up right in th...
Roadie
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Operating SystemDebian testing My Question or Issue W: GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EFDC8610341D9410E: The repository 'http...
Operating System Debian testing My Question or Issue W: GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public ke...
Regular
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Hello, I'm a Linux user and a big fan of Spotify, but one thing has been bothering me a lot. The option to minimize Spotify to the system tray is missing from the app settings, under "Startup and Window Behaviour". I've browsed old posts back from 20...
Hello, I'm a Linux user and a big fan of Spotify, but one thing has been bothering me a lot. The option to minimize Spotify to the system tray is missing from the app settings, under "S...
Regular
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As ARM64 becomes more popular, supporting Spotify for ARM64 on Linux seems like a great move. Most Chromebooks are now getting Linux apps and several of them run ARM processors. Apple plans to release an ARM Macbook soon and Windows now supports ARM,...
As ARM64 becomes more popular, supporting Spotify for ARM64 on Linux seems like a great move. Most Chromebooks are now getting Linux apps and several of them run ARM processors. Apple plans to releas...
Casual Listener
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Just installed on Kubuntu 18.04 LTS and it's not loading one bit, just sits there as a blank window. Terminal outputs this when trying to run Spotify:mkdir: cannot create directory '/run/user/0': Permission denied ln: failed to create symbolic link '...
Just installed on Kubuntu 18.04 LTS and it's not loading one bit, just sits there as a blank window. Terminal outputs this when trying to run Spotify: mkdir: cannot create directory '/run/u...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountryNL DevicePCOperating SystemKDE Neon 5.12 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) My Question or IssueDebian package installation description on page https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/ is out of date.The key for repository.spotify.com expired. Th...
Plan Premium Country NL Device PC Operating System KDE Neon 5.12 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) My Question or Issue Debian package installation description on page https://www.spotif...
Regular
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PlanPremiumCountry CanadaDeviceComputerOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or Issue I recently discovered that a Spotify client is available for Linux and I tried it. It works great, very nice for my Linux-based HTPC, but after approximately hal...
Plan Premium Country Canada Device Computer Operating System Ubuntu 18.04 My Question or Issue I recently discovered that a Spotify client is available for Linux an...
Music Fan
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I have manually set my cache size to 256Gb are there any negative effects from this apart from what I have noticed. Slow initial start times and using more hard drive space PlanPremiumCountry AustraliaDeviceSamsung Galaxy s7 & Desktop customer build ...
I have manually set my cache size to 256Gb are there any negative effects from this apart from what I have noticed. Slow initial start times and using more hard drive space Plan Premium Co...
Community Legend
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Hi, the upcoming LTS Release of Ubuntu (Bionic) uses libcurl4, and that conflicts with libcurl3.But the Spotify Desktop client depends on libcurl3... Would it be possible to rebuild (a version of) spotify against libcurl4 for the Debian/Ubuntu reposi...
Hi, the upcoming LTS Release of Ubuntu (Bionic) uses libcurl4, and that conflicts with libcurl3. But the Spotify Desktop client depends on libcurl3... Would it be possible to rebui...
Newbie
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This works on Windows/Linux/Mac (Only Desktop Version, does not work with the Web Player or Smartphone app) also. Here's the link: http://textmechanic.com/text-tools/basic-text-tools/sort-text-lines/ 1. Just go to the playlist you wanna randomize pre...
This works on Windows/Linux/Mac (Only Desktop Version, does not work with the Web Player or Smartphone app) also. Here's the link: http://textmechanic.com/text-tools/basic-text-tools/sort-text-lines/...
Casual Listener
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Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...
Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before. So type your issue into the se...
Roadie
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Cuando trato de bajar un playlist cualquiera que sea o un disco me dice error de descarga se ha detenido la descarga por que ya no queda espacio libre, borre aplicaciones hice mas espacio tengo la SdCard libre con 8 Gb y sigue diciendome lo mismo, ya...
Cuando trato de bajar un playlist cualquiera que sea o un disco me dice error de descarga se ha detenido la descarga por que ya no queda espacio libre, borre aplicaciones hice mas espacio tengo la Sd...
Newbie
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My issue:1. Your device and operating system:Alienware 15 R3, Kubuntu 17.10 x642. Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium):Premium3. The app version of Spotify you’re using:1.0.77.338.g758ebd784. Brief description of the issue:Starting today,...
My issue: 1. Your device and operating system: Alienware 15 R3, Kubuntu 17.10 x64 2. Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): Premium 3. The app version of Spotify you’re using: 1....
Casual Listener
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DeviceASUS PRO BU401LGOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04Cinnamon 3.6.7-8ubuntu1 My Question or Issue Since I upgraded from 17.04 to 18.04 (fresh install actually), Spotify mutes (and pauses) itself, more or less randomly. This is actually almost systematic...
Device ASUS PRO BU401LG Operating System Ubuntu 18.04 Cinnamon 3.6.7-8ubuntu1 My Question or Issue Since I upgraded from 17.04 to 18.04 (fresh install actually), Spotify...
Casual Listener
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Hi I am using Spotify on Lubuntu 18.04 (just downloaded it today 10/05/2018), and I am sad to say that my Bluetooth pause button does not work. To test that it is a problem with Spotify and not my Lubuntu installation, I have verified that the Blueto...
Hi I am using Spotify on Lubuntu 18.04 (just downloaded it today 10/05/2018), and I am sad to say that my Bluetooth pause button does not work. To test that it is a problem with Spo...
Casual Listener
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I'm currently running kubuntu and i decided to install spotify, i have run spotify on ubuntu and kubuntu several times on different operating systems. When i tried to log in this time, I go to press the "log in with facebook" button and absolutely no...
I'm currently running kubuntu and i decided to install spotify, i have run spotify on ubuntu and kubuntu several times on different operating systems. When i tried to log in this time, I go to press ...
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I have had a Spotify Premium account for atleast 7 years, probably longer. During this time I have heavily used the Spotiamp client under Wine on Linux for roughly the same amount of time. Again, at least 7 years. Last week I upgraded my account from...
I have had a Spotify Premium account for atleast 7 years, probably longer. During this time I have heavily used the Spotiamp client under Wine on Linux for roughly the same amount of time. A...
Casual Listener
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So I found something weird today. I was listening to one of my playlists and a song didn't quite sound right. I went back and listened again and surely enough it's a different version. A subtly different, but definitely different version (some lyrics...
So I found something weird today. I was listening to one of my playlists and a song didn't quite sound right. I went back and listened again and surely enough it's a different version. A subtly diffe...
Newbie
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