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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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Spotify causes a logout when clicking play

Version: newest version (1:1.0.69.336.g7edcc575-39)OS: Elementary OS LokiAudio card: RME Babyface Pro (Class Complient Mode)Issue:1. Start Spotify2. Hit the play button the first time (starts playing music)3. Choose another track by "clicking a track...

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  • Version: newest version (1:1.0.69.336.g7edcc575-39) OS: Elementary OS Loki Audio card: RME Babyface Pro (Class Complient Mode) Issue: 1. Start Spotify 2. Hit the play button the first time ...
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Latest spotify-client for Linux with tray icon support?

Hello all, I followed these instructions: https://www.spotify.com/es/download/linux/ Installed spotify-client 1:1.0.49.125.g72ee7853-111 on Ubuntu MATE 17.10. I have the main window but if I click the close window button, it closes. If I hit minimize...

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  • Hello all,   I followed these instructions: https://www.spotify.com/es/download/linux/   Installed spotify-client 1:1.0.49.125.g72ee7853-111 on Ubuntu MATE 17.10.   I have the ma...
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Superuser Contribution Can not install per guidelines - libatomic1 and consequently gcc-5-base

I am attempting to install per official Spotify steps on their homepage. But, when I get to the apt-get install spotify-client, I get the error: spotify-client : Depends: libatomic1 but it is not going to be installed attempted to install libatomic1 ...

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  • I am attempting to install per official Spotify steps on their homepage. But, when I get to the apt-get install spotify-client, I get the error:    spotify-client : Depends: libatomic1 bu...
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Queues clear on restarting Spotify

My system crashed earlier today for some reason. Of course I had to restart it. The problem was that I had added about 90+ songs to my Spotify Queue before that, and wasn't even half-through them. I lost the entire queue when I restarted my system an...

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  • My system crashed earlier today for some reason. Of course I had to restart it. The problem was that I had added about 90+ songs to my Spotify Queue before that, and wasn't even half-through them. I ...
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Superuser Contribution Update Spotify on Linux Mint 18 - Can't be Authenticated?

I installed Spotify on Linux Mint 18 several weeks ago using the software manager. Today, I tried to update the client and I got the warning seen in the screenshot. I'm wary about ignoring these types of errors. What should I do?

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  • I installed Spotify on Linux Mint 18 several weeks ago using the software manager. Today, I tried to update the client and I got the warning seen in the screenshot.   I'm wary about ignoring t...
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Superuser Contribution Erro Install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

I am receiving back this message when I try to install spotify on ubuntuExecuting: /tmp/tmp.V1ZhJypaWz/gpg.1.sh --keyserverhkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80--recv-keys0DF731E45CE24F27EEEB1450EFDC8610341D9410gpg: requisitando chave 341D9410 de servidor hk...

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  • ...DF731E45CE24F27EEEB1450EFDC8610341D9410 gpg: requisitando chave 341D9410 de servidor hkp - keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: chave 341D9410: "Spotify Public Repository Signing Key <tux@spotify.com>" gpg: N...
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Spotify Snap and Arch Linux

I just removed my flatpak install of spotify, installed snapd and through snapd I installed spotify == not working spotify which throws a coredump => me being a sad panda. snap run spotify(spotify:10421): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine...

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  • I just removed my flatpak install of spotify, installed snapd and through snapd I installed spotify == not working  spotify which throws a coredump => me being a sad panda. 😄 snap run s...
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[LINUX] Minimizing to task bar or tray

Hi Spotify, I recently just updated my linux client on Linux Mint 17.3 and I can no longer minimize it to either the task bar or tray icon. The only way I can re-open spotify is if I open my workspace area which lists which things I have active. Also...

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  • Hi Spotify,   I recently just updated my linux client on Linux Mint 17.3 and I can no longer minimize it to either the task bar or tray icon. The only way I can re-open spotify is if I open my...
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Solved!! Unable to install on ubuntu 15.04 for hash sum mismatch

Hi, I just installed ubuntu 15.04, was following https://www.spotify.com/us/download/previews/ and after adding the key and the repo to sources.list apt-get says: W: Failed to fetch http://repository.spotify.com/dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/Pac...

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  • Hi,   I just installed ubuntu 15.04, was following https://www.spotify.com/us/download/previews/ and after adding the key and the repo to sources.list apt-get says:   W: Failed to ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution spotify-client on Linux, update to libssl1.1

Hi, Is it possible to update the dependency of spotify-client linux to libssl1.1: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libssl1.1 Also, libavcodec57 and libavformat57 Thanks, Thanks

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  • Hi,   Is it possible to update the dependency of spotify-client linux to libssl1.1: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/libssl1.1   Also, libavcodec57 and libavformat57 😉   Than...
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Superuser Contribution libssl1.0.0 issue

When are you gonna remove the dependency to old libs like libssl1.0.0? cannot install the client because of this: $ sudo aptitude install spotify-client [sudo] password for phobos_: The following NEW packages will be installed: libjavascriptcoregtk-4...

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  • When are you gonna remove the dependency to old libs like libssl1.0.0?   cannot install the client because of this:   $ sudo aptitude install spotify-client [sudo] password for pho...
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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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