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👱 Installation and run the app

All you need to install and run the app is placed under assets at our releases section. Choose the latest version for the most improved user experience.

🪟 Windows (.exe)

  • Go to the latest release
  • In assets section download the file named SpotifyElectron.exe
  • Once download, double click on the app icon and select accept
  • Now you have the app installed, access it with the Desktop icon or searching the installed app in Windows Search

🐧 Linux (AppImage)

  • Go to the latest release
  • In assets section download the file named SpotifyElectron.AppImage
  • Once downloaded, give permissions to the .AppImage file with chmod +x SpotifyElectron.AppImage
  • Then run with ./SpotifyElectron.AppImage. If the app doesn't run try ./SpotifyElectron.AppImage --no-sandbox.

Create Desktop icon

1. Download needed assets

  • In assets section download the file named SpotifyElectron.AppImage. The exectuable AppImage.
  • In assets section download the file named spotify-electron.desktop. The desktop entry template.
  • In assets section download the file named logo.png. The app logo for desktop entry.

2. AppImage and assets placing

cd ~/Downloads # go into downloads folder
mkdir ~/SpotifyElectron # create app directory, if it exists skip this command
chmod +x SpotifyElectron.AppImage # give permissions to AppImage
cp  SpotifyElectron.AppImage ~/SpotifyElectron/ # copy AppImage to app directory

3. Desktop entry set up and permissions

cd ~/Downloads # go into downloads folder
mv spotify-electron.desktop.download spotify-electron.desktop # rename .desktop file, if it doesn't end in .dowload skip this step
chmod +x spotify-electron.desktop # give execution permissions
cp spotify-electron.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/ # move .desktop file where other .desktop are
mv logo.png spotify-electron-logo.png # rename icon name to fit xdg standars
xdg-icon-resource install spotify-electron-logo.png --size 64 # install icon
update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications # refresh .desktop entries

4. Search for Spotify Electron with the app explorer -> Log out or restart if you don't see the entry

5. Select the app and run it

Debian/Ubuntu troubleshoot

The package libfuse2 could not be installed. Install it with sudo apt install libfuse2