Add detection for spotify-launcher install location on Arch

[LegitGreenBoi]

On Arch you can either install Spotify using the AUR 'spotify' package or the community repository 'spotify-launcher' package. SpotX successfully detects the AUR package Spotify install, but not the spotify-launcher package install. Using the path argument works as a workaround, but it would be nice for the directory to be automatically detected.

spotify-launcher installs Spotify to this directory: ~/.local/share/spotify-launcher/install/usr/share/spotify

EDIT: For anyone still wondering, SpotX's official Bash version supports spotify-launcher and it looks like this repository is no longer needed or supported. Here's the official version, use this instead: https://github.com/SpotX-Official/SpotX-Bash

[akumaaayush]

+1 It used to be detected after the Spotify not found in PATH. Searching for Spotify directory.. Now it doesn't.

[vsdhaliwal]

have you tried using curl curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_7A3A762FAFD4A51F.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/spotify.gpg

echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list

then install the client sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install spotify-client

[kir68k]

@vsdhaliwal They are on Arch, not a Debian based distribution.

[vsdhaliwal]

@akumaaayush you on arch too ? Have you added it to the path

[akumaaayush]

@vsdhaliwal, Yes I'm on arch too. The spotify-launcher is already on the path upon install.

[Mylloon]

Until SpotX finds it, you can specify where Spotify is located: $HOME/.local/share/spotify-launcher/install/usr/share/spotify

Following the README example, you can do : bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Linux/main/install.sh) -ceP $HOME/.local/share/spotify-launcher/install/usr/share/spotify

[SmurgBurglar]

The command fir my steam deck was : bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Linux/main/install.sh) -ceP /var/lib/flatpak/app/com.spotify.Client/x86_64/stable/7a095d1e1ffc3a1aa42a58579a9a733950c8eac306b1b2cd38495c2811bb4744/files/extra/share/spotify

[LegitGreenBoi]

The command fir my steam deck was : bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Linux/main/install.sh) -ceP /var/lib/flatpak/app/com.spotify.Client/x86_64/stable/7a095d1e1ffc3a1aa42a58579a9a733950c8eac306b1b2cd38495c2811bb4744/files/extra/share/spotify

You're using the Flatpak version of Spotify, not spotify-launcher.

[devolskii]

You're using the Flatpak version of Spotify, not spotify-launcher.

Will SpotX work with the flatpak version? I cannot find the path for this. I am using arch.

[kir68k]

Will SpotX work with the flatpak version? I cannot find the path for this. I am using arch.

@devolskii Does this part of the README not work for you? I don't use Spotify or Arch, but that should work. If you installed Spotify for your user instead of system, replace /var/lib/flatpak/app with /home/$USER/.var/app/ instead from that command.

[mrkylegp]

+1 for this issue.

The solution posted by @Mylloon worked for me. I used spotify-launcher (sudo pacman -S spotify-launcher) and then bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpotX-CLI/SpotX-Linux/main/install.sh) -ceP $HOME/.local/share/spotify-launcher/install/usr/share/spotify

[LegitGreenBoi]

This repo is inactive.

Everyone should use the new version instead where the spotify-launcher issue is fixed:

https://github.com/SpotX-Official/SpotX-Bash