Questions tagged [spotify]
Spotify is a popular subscription-based media-streaming service.
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How to get the native version of Spotify running?
A while ago Spotify (the streaming music service) came out with a preview for Linux of their client.
So what should I do?
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Installing Spotify [duplicate]
Hi everyone I'm attempting to install spotify, I've been running linux for less than 24 hours so please cut me some slack if this seems trivial. Here is a link to the webpage https://www.spotify.com/...
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Remove Spotify pop-up notification when a song starts
I would like to remove the bubble notifications of Spotify that are shown when a new song is being played. This is quite distracting while you are working.
I still like the integration within the ...
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Spotify keyboard controls not working
I am on Ubuntu 16.04, I cannot play, pause, go to the next or the previous song in spotify. There are many answers but most are complicated, is there a simple solution that doesn't require a command ...
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Ubuntu fails to complete package install using Snap
When I try to install an application I can not and it tells me:
Cannot install "spotify": snap "spotify" has "install-snap" change in progress.
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How to make Spotify the default music player?
"Spotify for linux" doesn't show up in default applications menu for Music (system info section in system settings).
Therefore, it also doesn't come in Dash and music media keys don't work as well.
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Duplicate (Spotify) Icon in launcher
I have installed spotify on Ubuntu 13.04 and have locked the icon on the launcher. But when I exit the program fully or even restart and use that icon to open spotify, a new icon is created or a ...
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How do I install Spotify in Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
There seems to be a lot of problems with installing Spotify in 16.04. I tried this guide here to make sure I wasn't just screwing up, but it never worked. Turns out, this question is a little out-...
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How to disable Spotify indicator in the top panel?
The Spotify indicator icon clashes with the native Unity theme, and is redundant, since it is already listed in the Sound indicator menu. Is there a way to remove or disable the Spotify indicator? Or ...
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How to fix fuzzy spotify icon in the icon tray?
I installed a Spotify client today on my recent Ubuntu 14.04 installation and I realized that the icon in the tray is very distorted:
Is there any way to fix this in Ubuntu 14.04? Any help would be ...
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No sound on Ubuntu 18.04 (Spotify and YouTube don't work either)
Since I updated Ubuntu from 16.x to 17.10 and then to 18.04 I don't have any sound. There is also a problem with videos in web browser (they look like a slideshow, still no sound) and Spotify, where ...
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Music streaming services does not work in Chromium
I have a newbie question. I'm just starting my adventure with Ubuntu, but I encountered a small but annoying problem. While using Chromium Spotify Web Player just does not work. The only thing I ...
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Spotify doesn't work after update to 15.04 [duplicate]
Yesterday I updated my Ubuntu from 14.10 to 15.04 but sadly i had to conclude that Spotify doesn't work anymore.
Today I installed 15.04 and Spotify again but nothing has changed - Spotify isn't ...
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Trying to Install Spotify but it says I need a non administrator account
When I try to install Spotify with Wine, it says I need to use a standard account. I switched my account from Administrator to standard, and restarted, but I still get the same message. Any help is ...
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How to install Rhythmbox Spotify plugin?
Is there an easy way to install the Spotify plugin for Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 12.04?
I can only find links to recompile Rhythmbox completely and the instructions aren't very clear.
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Are there commands to control the Spotify for Linux preview? (e.g. Pause)?
I am trying to be able to play, pause, chose next track or previous track from command line, but unfortunately no one seems to know how to do this (I have goggled repeatedly). I need it to be a ...
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Spotify has stopped working on the latest Ubuntu today, 15.04 [closed]
I installed the latest Ubuntu today, 15.04. Spotify has stopped working. How can it be made to work again?
The Unity bar flashes green 4 or 5 times and then stops flashing. There are no error ...
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How to get the name of the music currently playing in spotify?
I'm trying to find a way to display the music that's currently playing in the terminal and show on my vim statusline, I imagine there some temp file with the current song name, anyone knows where can ...
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Play/Pause not working spotify
I run Ubuntu 16.04 dual booted with macOS Mojave on a 2013 macbook pro. Up until a week or so ago, the play/pause/skip keys worked perfectly with Spotify. Now they aren't responsive at all. I recently ...
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Keyboard play/stop/next/prev buttons does not work with Spotify
I'm running the Spotify Linux Beta. My keyboard is a Logitech Illuminated something wired keyboard.
My keyboard hotkeys work with Banshee, but not with Spotify, even though controlling Spotify via ...
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Windows play/pause keys on Xubuntu Spotify
I have tried to find out how to set my media keys to work with Spotify on Xubuntu 14.04. I tried setting spotify as my default music player. I thought this would be a simple task, but I can't figure ...
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Hosts file for snap applications
I installed spotify using snap. Now I wanted to change the hosts file to block ads. I used to change the global hosts file and it worked. But then I was installing spotify from the apt repository. I ...
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Media buttons on keyboard with spotify
I've added spotify preview as my defualt music program, by doing this.
As doug suggested, simply add this line to your >~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list file in two places, like so:
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Spotify not starting since updating to 15.04 [duplicate]
Since updating to to 15.04 my spotify will not open. Any thoughts?
I have tried the lib 11 solution but that has not worked
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Error while running Spotify, libva error; init failed [closed]
I'm getting this error while running Spotify:
libva error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so init failed
How to fix it?
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Spotify Gtk Wayland [Ubuntu 20.10]
I had Spotify working on 20.04, but it doesn't start after the system upgrade to 20.10.
The error message says
(base) pawel@lenovo:~$ spotify
Warning: GTK2 does not support Wayland!
Gtk-Message: 10:...
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Spotify mutes itself on Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
Every system sound mutes spotify. On Ubuntu 16.04 it was working fine.
Video: https://streamable.com/ijjas
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Failed loading skin error message with Spotify
I just started having this problem. It started just a min ago. I'm running Xubuntu 12.04 64-bit. I went to Synaptic and marked the client for reinstall. Didn't work. Marked it for uninstallation, ...
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Spotify under Wine
I am running Spotify under Wine. However, it keeps getting interrupted now and then, and I have to restart Spotify. (I am running Ubuntu 10.10 and Wine 1.2.2).
How is this fixed?
I have tried ...
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