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Recent Linux client update changes (2026)

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...

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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

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...

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Solved!! [Solved] List song on Firefox

I create account on spotify to see liist song my friendand spotify loading very long and dont show. radio on spotify working I use Firefox 40.0.3 without any plugins or Add-onsradio (spotify) probably working with HTML5 from Firefox OS: PCLinuxOS 64b...

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I create account on spotify to see liist song my friend and spotify loading very long and dont show.   radio on spotify working   I use Firefox 40.0.3 without any plugins or Add-ons r...

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Solved!! Linux Desktop Client - Connect with Volume Control?

Hi there! Does anyone know, if the Linux Desktop Client supports Spotify Connect and Volume Control? I want to use my Android phone to control the Linux Desktop Client on my Raspberry Pi. Thanks in advance,Juergen

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Hi there!   Does anyone know, if the Linux Desktop Client supports Spotify Connect and Volume Control? I want to use my Android phone to control the Linux Desktop Client on my Raspberry Pi. &...

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Solved!! Search PopUp won't hide

Hey, I've got a Problem with Spotify (0.9.17.1) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTSWhen I'm looking at an Artist in my main (center) window, or if there is a search result, I can't click the PopUp away that will come up if i search for something.If I look at one of ...

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Hey,   I've got a Problem with Spotify (0.9.17.1) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS When I'm looking at an Artist in my main (center) window, or if there is a search result, I can't click the PopUp away th...

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Solved!! Cannot get Desktop Application to Load (Linux)

I have gone through all the different troubleshooting I can find. Spotify shows up on my dash, but opening the application produces no results.Running spotify from the terminal yields:spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: ca...

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 I have gone through all the different troubleshooting I can find.  Spotify shows up on my dash, but opening the application produces no results. Running spotify from the terminal yield...

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Solved!! Spotify on Linux doesn't play local mp3 files

I did search the forum, and google, but I only found some docs on old version of Ubuntu, and the repos these mentioned no longer work. I'm on newest ubuntu (15.04), and while spotify works great, it doesn't play local mp3 files. It loads them to libr...

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I did search the forum, and google, but I only found some docs on old version of Ubuntu, and the repos these mentioned no longer work.   I'm on newest ubuntu (15.04), and while spotify works g...

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Solved!! Carly Rae Jepsen album titled wrongly stylized

Carly Rae Jepsen's new record "E•MO•TION" is wrongly listed on Spotify's library as "Emotion". This is an issue as I have my spotify account linked with last.fm, and E•MO•TION and Emotion are considered two different albums.

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Carly Rae Jepsen's new record "E•MO•TION" is wrongly listed on Spotify's library as "Emotion".   This is an issue as I have my spotify account linked with last.fm, and E•MO•TION and ...

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Solved!! Impossible to make offline a playlist or an album via desktop

Hello everyone, I don't what is happened, but in few versions earlier I have the possibilite to save an album or a playlist under "Your Songs" menu then an option to make these selection offline. But now, this option gone! It really not pleasent to m...

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Hello everyone,   I don't what is happened, but in few versions earlier I have the possibilite to save an album or a playlist under "Your Songs" menu then an option to make these selection off...

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No audio on Arch Linux with KDE, VLC / phonon backend

I'm running Arch Linux with KDE and using VLC / phonon as my audio backend, and getting no audio. Though my "system settings" specify my USB headset as the default output, I believe Spotify may be sending the audio to the analog hardware output. I ca...

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I'm running Arch Linux with KDE and using VLC / phonon as my audio backend, and getting no audio. Though my "system settings" specify my USB headset as the default output, I believe Spotify may be se...

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Solved!! W [audio_file_decompressor_ffmpeg.cpp:731] Failed to open stream: -2

some files could not be played on linux client, for example Beardfish: Voluntary Slavery; another song from the same album (Ludvig & Sverker) plays just fine; there are many more songs affected; same with spotify & spotify-beta (arch linux packages) ...

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some files could not be played on linux client, for example Beardfish: Voluntary Slavery; another song from the same album (Ludvig & Sverker) plays just fine; there are many more songs affected; ...

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Solved!! [solved] Spotify 0.9.4 for 64-bit Linux?

Hi I am looking for the old 64bit .deb file of the old grey spotify.There is 32bit .deb file around easy to find here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web/Spotify-0-9-4-for-32-bit-Linux/td-p/1130452 But I am looking for th...

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Hi I am looking for the old 64bit .deb file of the old grey spotify. There is 32bit .deb file around easy to find here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web/Spotify-0-9-4-...

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Solved!! Linux desktop client suddenly won't work after update

I just run update manager and now can't run the client. I get the following when I attempt to launch from the shell: spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Anyone else ha...

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I just run update manager and now can't run the client.   I get the following when I attempt to launch from the shell:   spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: can...

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Solved!! Spotify LInux 0.9.17 not working on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Dear Spotify Team, I updated this morning on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the spotify-client from version 0.9.11.27 to 0.9.17.1. Since this update, Spotify is completely unable to launch and only displays the following error spotify: error while loading share...

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Dear Spotify Team,   I updated this morning on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the spotify-client from version 0.9.11.27 to 0.9.17.1. Since this update, Spotify is completely unable to launch and only dis...

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Solved!! "Failed Loading Skin" sudo/root works, other users don't - Arch linux

So on Tuesday, my spotify stopped working, starting up with the message "Failed Loading Skin". This problem seems to have many causes, but no solution I found worked for me. System: Arch Linux 64bit Kernel: 3.16.4/3.17.1 (both don't work) DE: gnome-s...

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So on Tuesday, my spotify stopped working, starting up with the message "Failed Loading Skin". This problem seems to have many causes, but no solution I found worked for me.   System: Arch...

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Solved!! Spotify 1.0.1 - The complete changelog

Thanx to http://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/comments/2y6a68/spotify_update_1011060gc75ebdfd_mega_discussion/cp6mg13 here is the true complete changelog of this horrible update: Apps removed (this is a planned removal and will not be returning)Activity f...

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Thanx to http://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/comments/2y6a68/spotify_update_1011060gc75ebdfd_mega_discussion/cp6mg13 here is the true complete changelog of this horrible update:   Apps removed (t...

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Solved!! Display time in songs

Why does the display time disappear in a song now??? I hate this feature that you have to tap it and then it disappears in three seconds.

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Why does the display time disappear in a song now??? I hate this feature that you have to tap it and then it disappears in three seconds.

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Solved!! Top lists not refreshing

Normally, Spotify seems to refresh my most listened to tracks, artists and albums every week or so. It is now well over a week since it did this and It has still got my top track as one I haven't listened to in quite some time. I saw somewhere that t...

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Normally, Spotify seems to refresh my most listened to tracks, artists and albums every week or so. It is now well over a week since it did this and It has still got my top track as one I haven't lis...

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Solved!! Local versus cloud storage of private MP3s - perhaps the only feature where Spotify falls short

(Mods, it is kinda unclear to me where this topic truly belongs, so sorry if I have posted it in the wrong section. If so, I'd appreciate seeing it moved.) With the last bastion of free but sadly unlicensed music going shark-belly up, I have finally ...

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(Mods, it is kinda unclear to me where this topic truly belongs, so sorry if I have posted it in the wrong section. If so, I'd appreciate seeing it moved.)   With the last bastion of free but ...

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Local files - limitations?

Hi, as of the latest Spotify version, Local files are apparently handled in a different manner...If I understand correctly, rather than as before dragging & dropping songs/folders into the interface, you now instead designate sources in "Preferences"...

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Hi,   as of the latest Spotify version, Local files are apparently handled in a different manner... If I understand correctly, rather than as before dragging & dropping songs/folders into...

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