How to install Spotify on the Linux Acer Aspire One
Spotify is a popular application which streams music legally from a massive online catalog to your desktop.
At the moment there is no Linux Spotify Application, however it runs very well under Wine.
To install Wine:
- Open a Terminal window
- type sudo install wine
- Accept the install
To configure Wine:
- Type Winecfg
- In the graphics tab turn off emulate virtual desktop.
- In the Audio Tab turn on the OSS Driver, set the hardware acceleration to full, set the default sample rate to 44100, set the default bits per sample to 16 & turn off driver emulations.
- Click on apply and ok.
To Install Spotify
- Got to http://www.spotify.com/en/download/windows/ and download the windows version of the Spotify installer.
- When the installer has finished downloading run it.
When the installer has finished you will be able to run Spotify from the Other section on the advanced menu.
To use Spotify you will need to register for a free Spotify account at Spotify.com
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I’ve installed Spotify using these instruction, for which many thanks. However, I usually need to make two or more attempts before I can get the program opened. The site comes up and immediately freezes. The version of Wine I have installed is 0.9.47. Might this be the problem as the Spotify site says that if the version of Wine is “significantly older” than 0.9.49 it will need to be updated? If so, please can you let me know how to uninstall the existing version and tell me which updated version of Wine is best for the Acer netbook and Spotify? Or, given that I can always eventually get Spotify going, should I leave well alone until Linux Spotify comes along?
Many thanks for any suggestions
Hi James
Spotify does work really well on Linpus. Are you able to uninstall Wine using the add and remove application tool on the advanced menu.
How I installed Wine is in the post but it is possible that I picked up a different source at somepoint.
Try uninstalling and re-installing Wine and then let me know how it goes.
Cheers
John M
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Hello John.
Thanks for getting back and for the advice. Unfortunately, having installed and reinstalled, Spotify still usually crashes on my first attempt to get in but usually works on the second attempt so I think I’ll just leave well enough alone!
You may be interested to know that I completely failed to update my version of Wine from 0.9.47. I tried to do this using “yum install wine” (which loaded 0.9.47) and then “yum upgrade”. This appeared to be doing the trick but then something called, I think, the “transaction test” identified a couple of conflicts which prevented the upgrade. As is already, I’m sure, highly evident, I’m a complete novice as far as Linux is concerned but am learning slowly thanks to people like yourself. On which point, I have also posted you a question on your ITV player page. Please ignore if you have better things to do!
Thanks
James
Hi James,
Sorry that you are still having few issues with Wine.
I’m currently playing with eeebuntu which comes with a later version of Wine, so at the moment I can’t try to update Wine on Linpus to see what happens.
it’s strange that Spotify works the 2nd time – technology eh!!
Yeh btw u missed out how 2 get a desktop icon. if anyone wants 2 know it is even more complicated then most desktop icons and many people think it cannot be done but that is simply not true. Here is what you have to do:
1. press alt+f2 to bring up a run program window
2. type: sudo mouspad and press run or hit enter/return. This will then open new mousepad document with root priviallges
3. type: “#!/bin/sh” (without quotes) then press enter
4. leave this window open and launch the file manager
5. open the desktop folder and right click on the spotify shorcut.
6. choose properties and go to the launcher tab
7. copy the contents of the “Command:” field and past it into the new line (that you will already be on – the second line) of the mousepad document you left open/
8. now choose file then save as.
9. in the name feild type: /usr/bin/spotify and press save
10. now you need to open a terminal window and type: sudo thunar /usr/bin
11. find the file called spotify, right click on it and press properties
12. go to the permissions tab and tick the “Allow this file to be run as a program box”
13. change “Others:” to read and write and press close
14. close the usr/bin window and return to the terminal
15. type: sudo thunar /usr/share/applications
16. minimise this window and open the desktop folder again and copy the spotify shortcut.
17. go back to the file window we opened with the terminal (usr/share/applications) and paste it.
18. now right click on it choose properites and go to the launch tab.
19. put “Spotify” as the description (without quotes) and “spotify” as the command (also without quotes) Then in the comment right the description of spotify you want to appear in the ballon when u hover over it (something like “Listen to any music, legal and free!”)
20. now press close and open the Spotify file in mousepad (by right click then open with then open with mousepad)
21. On the line with “ion=” remove all the text on that line after icon= and type: “Spotify” (without the quotes) after the “=” instead of the old icon location.
22. then save the changes (ctrl+s) and close the window then the file window to and return to the terminal. Now type: wget http://rocketdock.com/images/screenshots/Spotify-3.png and hit enter.
23. when it is done type: cp Spotify-3.png /usr/share/pixmaps/Spotify and hit enter.
24.now type: dca add 12 “file=’/usr/share/applications/Spotify.desktop’” (including all quotes) and press enter.
25. YOUR DONE! go to your desktop press the more button on the Fun catorgory (the bottom left one if u hav renamed it like me) and you should find a spotify shortcut with an improved icon! you can now drag this to a position of your choice and if you love spotify as much as me you’ll want it in your top 3!
Thanks for that Charlie — good stuff
I might put this info on the main site.
CHeers
John