Package Details: spotify 1:1.2.45.454-1

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: 167
Popularity: 10.16
First Submitted: 2023-02-09 22:51 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-09-16 09:58 (UTC)

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gromit commented on 2024-01-24 14:22 (UTC) (edited on 2024-02-22 23:00 (UTC) by gromit)

Please make sure to import the correct GPG key first:

$ curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_6224F9941A8AA6D1.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, gpg 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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rob-tech commented on 2024-08-20 18:46 (UTC)

For some reason, the desktop track notifications are not functioning properly. After launching the client, the track notification popup will display for two songs and then each track change after that no longer has any notifications. I'm using KDE Plasma with the latest updates and all Spotify dependencies are fulfilled.

gromit commented on 2024-08-17 17:21 (UTC)

@Baturax thanks, but that'll need fixing by the upstream spotify devlopers :)

Baturax commented on 2024-08-17 16:39 (UTC)

[0817/163855.025507:WARNING:main_runner.cc(261)] Alloy bootstrap is deprecated and will be removed in ~M127. See https://github.com/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/3685

TayntedMemories commented on 2024-08-10 08:14 (UTC) (edited on 2024-08-10 08:21 (UTC) by TayntedMemories)

If you get this error: error: could not extract /opt/spotify/libcef.so (Truncated zstd input) error: problem occurred while installing spotify error: could not commit transaction error: failed to commit transaction (transaction aborted)

It may be because you may have skipped the compression of the package. The step in the makepkg process where it compresses the package, can take a very long time for large packages such as Spotify.

This fix is mainly for the reasons of "chroots take too much disk space." I am personally on a 32GB storage chromebook, and so this is the method I used. This method does eat SOME disk space, but it's a ten-fold decrease (300~MB vs 3~GB) from the space taken up by a chroot. (note, PLEASE use makepkg here, not yay!)

This can be resolved by modifying makepkg.conf, specifically the PKGEXT variable.

Set it to PKGEXT=".pkg.tar" This essentially sets the compression to NONE. Then, run the makepkg as per usual. It should install fine, the only caveat being a large package size.

I do recommend setting it back to the default (.pkg.tar.zst) afterwards, and then, if you use yay normally, then exclude the spotify package from being updated, and every time you need to update the package, do the manual makepkg with the zero compression setting, and set it back when you are done.

Pierrre commented on 2024-07-28 06:07 (UTC)

I just noticed that the latest version of Spotify doesn't require the option to run on HiDPI screen anymore (--force-device-scale-factor=X). It seems to display correctly with any pixel density/display scale, at least on Gnome. Do we need to update the wiki page ? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Spotify#HiDPI_Mode

Antiz commented on 2024-07-22 14:14 (UTC)

@heigre Should be fixed :)

heigre commented on 2024-07-22 12:34 (UTC)

Getting a checksum mismatch:

==> Starting prepare()... spotify-1.2.40.599-1-x86_64-Packages: OK spotify-1.2.40.599-g606b7f29-x86_64.deb: FAILED sha512sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in prepare(). Aborting...

omnigenous commented on 2024-05-08 17:47 (UTC)

Fixed issue I mentioned below by launching hyprland with dbus?:

dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session Hyprland

VoodaGod commented on 2024-05-06 06:46 (UTC)

does anyone else have an issue with playback, when it just doesn't start playing on the first click? i have to click play 5-10 times in a row to start playing

yeah me too, i just updated my system (last update was about a week ago) and noticed this, was fined before

treeshateorcs commented on 2024-05-02 17:37 (UTC)

does anyone else have an issue with playback, when it just doesn't start playing on the first click? i have to click play 5-10 times in a row to start playing

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