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== Installing Spotify on Fedora
link:https://www.spotify.com/[Spotify] is a cross-platform proprietary music streaming service. Spotify is a freemium service, with advertisements which can be removed by purchasing a subscription.
Although Spotify is not officially supported on Fedora it can be installed on Fedora by:
* Using unofficial repositories such as xref:install-spotify-using-negativo17[Negativo17] and xref:install-spotify-using-rpmfusion[RPMFusion].
* Using xref:install-spotify-using-flatpak[flatpak].
=== Installing Spotify using third-party repositories
[id='install-spotify-using-negativo17']
==== Using the Negativo17.org repository
The Negativo17.org repository provides a link:https://negativo17.org/spotify-client/[Spotify client] which contains the following packages features:
* Libraries for enabling local files playback
* File upload to personal playlists
* Firewalld rules for enabling local service discovery
* Spotify Connect (control other devices & output location)
To install Spotify using the Negativo17.org repository:
. Add the Negativo17.org repository:
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[source,bash]
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$ sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo=http://negativo17.org/repos/fedora-spotify.repo
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. Install Spotify:
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[source,bash]
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$ sudo dnf install spotify
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[id='install-spotify-using-rpmfusion']
==== Using the RPMFusion repository
RPMFusion provides software that the Fedora Project do not ship. That software is provided as precompiled RPMs for all current Fedora versions.
To install Spotify using the RPMFusion repository:
. Add the RPMFusion repository
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[source,bash]
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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
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. Install Spotify
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[source,bash]
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$ sudo dnf install spotify
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[id='install-spotify-using-flatpak']
=== Installing Spotify using Flatpak
To install Spotify using link:https://flatpak.org/index.html[Flatpak]:
. Install Flatpak using dnf:
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[source,bash]
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$ sudo dnf install -y flatpak
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. Install Spotify using Flatpak:
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[source,bash]
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$ sudo flatpak install -y --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.spotify.Client.flatpakref
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. To run Spotify:
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[source,bash]
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$ flatpak run com.spotify.Client
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. (Optional) Add a menu shortcut for Spotify:
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[source,bash]
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sudo echo "
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Spotify
Exec=flatpak run com.spotify.Client
Icon=/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/com.spotify.Client.png
Type=Application" > ~/.local/share/applications/Spotify.desktop
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= Spotify
'''
[IMPORTANT]
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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, that is, a free version of it is available, but it is
riddled with advertisements. To use it without advertisements one needs
to pay for Spotify premium.
[[installation]]
Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
While it is not officially supported on Fedora or any other RPM-based
distributions it is possible to get it to work on Fedora. There are two
main ways of installing it:
* Using unofficial repositories like the
http://negativo17.org/spotify-client/[negativo17 repository].
* Using link:Flatpak[Flatpaks]
[[flatpak]]
Flatpak
^^^^^^^
To install it using Flatpak one needs to get the source files required
to build it, then build it and add it to one's Flatpak remote and
install it. This can be done using the following set of commands:
....
sudo dnf install flatpak flatpak-builder git make ostree -y
flatpak remote-add --from gnome https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome.flatpakrepo
flatpak install gnome org.gnome.Platform 3.24
flatpak install gnome org.gnome.Sdk 3.24
git clone https://github.com/alexlarsson/spotify-app
cd spotify-app
make
flatpak --user remote-add --no-gpg-verify local-spotify repo
flatpak --user install local-spotify com.spotify.Client
....
Please consult https://github.com/alexlarsson/spotify-app[the upstream
instructions] in case the commands above don't work.
[[negativo17.org-repository]]
Negativo17.org repository
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This repository also contains the following packages features:
* Required libraries for enabling local files playback and file upload
to personal playlists
* Firewalld rules for enabling local service discovery and Spotify
Connect (control other devices & output location)
Installation for Fedora:
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dnf config-manager --add-repo=http://negativo17.org/repos/fedora-spotify.repo
dnf install spotify
....
Installation for CentOS/RHEL 7+:
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yum-config-manager --add-repo=http://negativo17.org/repos/epel-spotify.repo
yum install spotify
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Category:Audio Category:Proprietary_software[Category:Proprietary
software]
'''
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