Package Details: spotify 1:1.2.89.539-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/spotify.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: spotify
Description: A proprietary music streaming service
Upstream URL: https://www.spotify.com
Licenses: custom
Submitter: Foxboron
Maintainer: gromit (Antiz)
Last Packager: gromit
Votes: 266
Popularity: 12.39
First Submitted: 2023-02-09 22:51 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-05-18 14:53 (UTC)

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Antiz commented on 2025-11-23 18:37 (UTC) (edited on 2025-11-23 18:41 (UTC) by Antiz)

Please make sure to import the correct OpenPGP key first:

$ curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_5384CE82BA52C83A.gpg | gpg --import -

And always build in a clean chroot. It is as easy as:

pacman -S devtools
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/spotify.git
cd spotify
pkgctl build
pacman -U <path-to-spotify-package>

It is expected that the package will break now and then, as spotify continuously changes download binaries, OpenPGP keys, etc (which is not appropriate, but we cannot change this). Please be patient if an update does not occur the next day, you can still use an existing spotify install or update the version yourself.

Antiz commented on 2023-09-13 13:21 (UTC)

@lightofpast Just pushed v1:1.2.20.1210-2 that now allows you to set custom launch flags in a spotify-flags.conf file under $XDG_CONFIG_HOME or ~/.config :)

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almond.cake commented on 2026-05-19 06:22 (UTC)

does anyone have recommendations reg installation of this new version, please? some specific flags or something else? I don't have cached prev versions to downgrade and the new version still has that "Cannot Play Current Song" thing. It's probably some sort of underlying dependency that prevents it from playing, I guess?

baturvit commented on 2026-05-09 13:33 (UTC) (edited on 2026-05-09 13:33 (UTC) by baturvit)

Downgrade fixed "Cannot Play Current Song"

146M Mar 22 21:09 spotify-1:1.2.84.476-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

146M Apr 15 16:54 spotify-1:1.2.86.502-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

u@m /opt/AUR/spotify (git)-[master] % sudo pacman -U spotify-1:1.2.84.476-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

jlesev commented on 2026-05-06 10:45 (UTC)

Hello, my use case (got premium account) is listening via usb dac. The pc, usb dac is attached is configured with just alsa and default device the usb dac (tried to achieve as close to lossless as feasible).

Recently (after almost 2 years) updated the system, including the aur spotify client and my setup broke (spotify was requiring pipewire, which i'd like to avoid). So in tl/dr was able to achieve working alsa usb dac setup (as before) like this: spotify-alsa-1.2.84.476/spotify --audio-api=alsa --show-console

the crucial was --audio-api=alsa (seen on these comments here), as without it playback was not possible (complaining setting hw params, apulse etc...)

dboneham commented on 2026-04-27 16:16 (UTC)

Further to yogh-io's post - yes the downgrade works. However. if you want updates not to reinstate the current (defective) version, you may need to ensure that any helper program ignores spotify. In my case, I have a script that includes the line "yay -Syu --ignore spotify". (Because spotify is in the aur, the amendment to pacman.conf may not work).

yogh-io commented on 2026-04-27 08:52 (UTC) (edited on 2026-04-27 08:53 (UTC) by yogh-io)

Confirming sadslavboy's report on the latest 1.2.86.502-1 - same "can't play" toast, no entry in pactl list sink-inputs while playing. Downgrading to spotify-1:1.2.77.358-1 fully restores playback for me:

sudo pacman -U ~/.cache/yay/spotify/spotify-1:1.2.77.358-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

(or wherever your AUR helper caches builds). Then IgnorePkg = spotify in /etc/pacman.conf to hold it. Investigated with Claude / Claude Code.

sadslavboy commented on 2026-04-26 04:23 (UTC)

With the newest updates of ALL spotify variants available through both AUR and repositories, Spotify is simply not showing the "Applications" part of the sound menu. It repeatedly pops up with "Cannot Play Current Song" when trying to play music.

LAUCHGeorge commented on 2026-04-25 16:22 (UTC)

@privatefound This stops the audio from fading in / fading out when paused / unpaused. Any idea how to fix that issue as well?

LuffeDeluXe commented on 2026-04-18 14:43 (UTC)

@privatefound thank you so much you're a savior :D

privatefound commented on 2026-04-17 06:30 (UTC) (edited on 2026-04-17 06:31 (UTC) by privatefound)

Temporary fix for audio issue on Spotify package. echo "--audio-api=pulseaudio" >> ~/.config/spotify-flags.conf

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