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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Recent Linux client update changes

Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...

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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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Superuser Contribution Spotify Linux built against insecure/unsupported openssl/libssl 1.0.0??

Why is the latest Spotify client for Linux built against an usupported, vulnerable version of openssl?? Whomever is responsible for maintaining the .deb package could you please switch to building it against a non-discontinued/patched version of open...

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  • Why is the latest Spotify client for Linux built against an usupported, vulnerable version of openssl?? Whomever is responsible for maintaining the .deb package could you please switch to building it...
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Superuser Contribution Debian 9, higher versions dependencies

Sorry for my English…Debian 9 Stretch now has higher dependencies than Spotify needs. Version libssl1.0.2 is installed, Spotify wants version libssl1.0.0. Libavcodec57 is installed, but libavcodec54 is still required. Additional dependencies were not...

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  • Sorry for my English… Debian 9 Stretch now has higher dependencies than Spotify needs. Version libssl1.0.2 is installed, Spotify wants version libssl1.0.0. Libavcodec57 is installed, but libavcodec5...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution spotify linux dependencies

spotify stopped working for me on linux (debian testing) a few weeks ago after an `apt-get upgrade` or an `apt-get autoclean`. today i started it from the command line and received this error: spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so....

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  • spotify stopped working for me on linux (debian testing) a few weeks ago after an `apt-get upgrade` or an `apt-get autoclean`. today i started it from the command line and received this error: &nbsp...
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Superuser Contribution Properly state all packages Spotify depends on in .deb package (Linux)

The debian package does not state all the packages Spotify depends on. In the 0.9.x series, this caused the problem with libgcrypt11. Recently I faced a similay problem with libssl1.0.0 in Debian Stretch (testing); libssl1.0.0 was replaced by libssl1...

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  • The debian package does not state all the packages Spotify depends on.   In the 0.9.x series, this caused the problem with libgcrypt11.  Recently I faced a similay problem with libssl1.0....
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Restore window size issues (on maximized windows)

Every time I launch the Spotify app the play buttun is not visible. Apparently Linux Spotify app don't save and restore maximized state (it only saves position and size in ~/.config/spotify/prefs). The problem is that some window managers / desktops ...

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  • Every time I launch the Spotify app the play buttun is not visible.   Apparently Linux Spotify app don't save and restore maximized state (it only saves position and size in ~/.config/spo...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Cyrillic artists transliterated in desktop apps

For some reason artists with cyrillic names/titles are transliterated in desktop apps (checked on Linux and Windows) while they are displayed correctly in android app. Can this please be fixed? last.fm scrobbles become real mess with all this.

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  • For some reason artists with cyrillic names/titles are transliterated in desktop apps (checked on Linux and Windows) while they are displayed correctly in android app. Can this please be fixed? last....
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I cannot play one specific song from Zaz

Hi, recently one of the songs from Zaz became unavailable for me to play. When I open a playlist that I created the song "Je veux" from Zaz is greyed out (see attached screenshot ) and I cannot play it. This happens on my laptop (Linux + Chrome + ope...

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  • Hi,   recently one of the songs from Zaz became unavailable for me to play. When I open a playlist that I created the song "Je veux" from Zaz is greyed out (see attached screenshot ) and I can...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Spotify Kali Linux not working

When i try to install the client it informs me that my libssl require 1.0.0 and i believe i have a newer version. When i run sudo apt-get install spotify-clientit gives me this:Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state infor...

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  • When i try to install the client it informs me that my libssl require 1.0.0 and i believe i have a newer version. When i run sudo apt-get install spotify-client it gives me this: Reading package li...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution Type 'sudo' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list

I tried to install Spotify and I now have this error message. I am running Ubuntu 16.04. Please help me get rid of it. E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.listE: The list of sources could not be read.

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  • I tried to install Spotify and I now have this error message. I am running Ubuntu 16.04. Please help me get rid of it.   E: Type 'sudo' is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.l...
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Solved!! [Linux] Local files do not play on Ubuntu 16.04 [SOLVED]

Hi, I have installed ubuntu-restricted-extras, ffmpeg, libavcodec, livavutil, libavformat, zenity but doesn't work. Your device and operating system: Intel® Core™ i3 CPU M 330 @ 2.13GHz × 4, 4GB, 64bit, Ubuntu 16.04 LTSType of Spotify account you hav...

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  • Hi, I have installed ubuntu-restricted-extras, ffmpeg, libavcodec, livavutil, libavformat, zenity but doesn't work.   😕   Your device and operating system: Intel® Core™ i3 CPU M 330 @...
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Thanks for the Linux Version!

Linux is rarely a priority (not that it is at Spotify) but a serious thanks for including a version of the desktop application for Linux users. Using kubuntu 16.04 I had no issues installing, and everything seems to be working, including the setting ...

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  • Linux is rarely a priority (not that it is at Spotify) but a serious thanks for including a version of the desktop application for Linux users. Using kubuntu 16.04 I had no issues installing, and eve...
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Context Menu Bug - Scrollbar steals focus

As seen in attached photo, when trying to add a song to a playlist inside a folder, the 2 context menus are seperated by a scrollbar (when you have a decent number of playlists), and trying to navigate across the scrollbar results in the context menu...

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  •  As seen in attached photo, when trying to add a song to a playlist inside a folder, the 2 context menus are seperated by a scrollbar (when you have a decent number of playlists), and trying to ...
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Shared Playlist display User UUID

In Linux player, the User column display the UUID of the owner instead of Nickname/Name. Steps:1) Add a song to a shared playlist.2) Open playlist, observe the User column.3) After refresh (switch between playlists), users are displayed as expected. ...

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  • In Linux player, the User column display the UUID of the owner instead of Nickname/Name.   Steps: 1) Add a song to a shared playlist. 2) Open playlist, observe the User column. 3) After ref...
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Linux: menu to the right of my name doesn't work

First of all, thanks to the Spotify team for releasing a credible client for Linux. A small bug report: to the right of my name is a downward arrow. I click it and a menu appears: Private session; account; settings; log out. However, if I click any o...

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  • First of all, thanks to the Spotify team for releasing a credible client for Linux.   A small bug report: to the right of my name is a downward arrow. I click it and a menu appears: Private se...
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Edit my preferences on linux mint 17

I want to delete all my off my music library but cant access my prefences while using with linux mint 17. CTRL + P just brings up the settings which doesnt help.

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  • I want to delete all my off my music library but cant access my prefences while using with linux mint 17. CTRL + P just brings up the settings which doesnt help.
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Spotify Linux on aarch64

Hello I am (desperately) trying to install spotify-client on an aarch64 architectureHowever, only packages for amd64 and i386 are available! Can anyone provide sources that I can compile that myself? I would even sign an NDA for that...Thanks..

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  • Hello   I am (desperately) trying to install spotify-client on an aarch64 architecture However, only packages for amd64 and i386 are available! 😞   Can anyone provide sources that I c...
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Reset Discover Weekly?

I got a premium account for 3 years now. I enjoyed listening to the Discover Weekly playlist until latly. Since lately, i get realy bad suggestions (like german folk / schlager). A while ago i created a "bad taste party"-playlist with songs like "Cot...

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  • I got a premium account for 3 years now. I enjoyed listening to the Discover Weekly playlist until latly. Since lately, i get realy bad suggestions (like german folk / schlager). A while ago i create...
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An option to choose displaying content (eg song & artist name) in its original language?

It might be a very minor request so I'm just trying my luck. I would like to have an option which allow me to always show the music content (eg song, album & artist name) in its orginal language. I appreciate Spotify doing much efforts to support so ...

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  • It might be a very minor request so I'm just trying my luck. I would like to have an option which allow me to always show the music content (eg song, album & artist name) in its orginal language....
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Spotify for Linux (RPM)

I am a huge fan of Linux and am now using Fedora 22 at the moment. To be honest, installing Spotify on rpm based Linux machines is (when doing it all yourself without scripts or repo's) a hell. You got to convert it and change lots of stuff. That's w...

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  • I am a huge fan of Linux and am now using Fedora 22 at the moment.   To be honest, installing Spotify on rpm based Linux machines is (when doing it all yourself without scripts or repo's) a he...
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Solved!! Can't install public key

When I try to install the public key through terminal I get this error:root@pc00229:/home/jdrury# apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 94558F59Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyrin...

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  • When I try to install the public key through terminal I get this error: root@pc00229:/home/jdrury# apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 94558F59 Executing: gpg --ignore-time-c...
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