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= Spotify
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https://www.spotify.com/[*Spotify*] is a cross-platform (available for
Ubuntu, macOS and Windows) proprietary music streaming service. It is a
freemium product (meaning a free version of it is available, but it has
advertisements. Paying for a Premium subscription will remove the
advertisements.
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[[installation]]
Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
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While it is not officially supported on Fedora or any other RPM-based
distribution, it is possible to install on Fedora using various package methods.
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* Using the https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/[officially-supported]
http://snapcraft.io/[Snap].
* Using a Flatpak hosted by http://flathub.org[Flathub].
* Using unofficial repositories like the http://negativo17.org/spotify-client/[negativo17] or https://rpmfusion.org/[RPMFusion] repositories.
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[[snap]]
Snap
^^^^
Snap is the officially recommended distribution method for Spotify. To install
it, first install `snapd`.
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sudo dnf install snapd
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
....
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Then install `spotify`.
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snap install spotify
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Be sure to consult http://snapcraft.io for more information on that repository
and Snaps in general.
[[flatpak]]
Flatpak
^^^^^^^
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A Spotify flatpak is also available from http://flathub.org[Flathub].
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flatpak install --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.spotify.Client.flatpakref
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[[negativo17.org-repository]]
Negativo17.org repository
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Add the Yum repository and install:
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dnf config-manager --add-repo=http://negativo17.org/repos/fedora-spotify.repo
dnf install spotify
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To do the same on CentOS/RHEL:
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yum-config-manager --add-repo=http://negativo17.org/repos/epel-spotify.repo
yum install spotify
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[[rpmfusion.org-repository]]
RPMFusion repository
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Install the repository package and `lpf`. Follow the steps in `lpf-gui` to build
and install a local `spotify` RPM.
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sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf install lpf-spotify-client
lpf-gui
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To do the same on CentOS/RHEL:
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sudo yum localinstall --nogpgcheck https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install lpf-spotify-client
lpf-gui
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