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abba23 / spotify-adblock-linux

Spotify adblocker for Linux
GNU General Public License v3.0
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This project has been deprecated in favor of its rewrite in Rust (https://github.com/abba23/spotify-adblock).

spotify-adblock-linux

Spotify adblocker for Linux that works by wrapping getaddrinfo and cef_urlrequest_create, blocking non-whitelisted domains and blacklisted URLs.

Notes

Build

Prerequisites:

$ git clone https://github.com/abba23/spotify-adblock-linux.git
$ cd spotify-adblock-linux
$ wget -O cef.tar.bz2 https://cef-builds.spotifycdn.com/cef_binary_88.1.6%2Bg4fe33a1%2Bchromium-88.0.4324.96_linux64_minimal.tar.bz2
$ tar -xf cef.tar.bz2 --wildcards '*/include' --strip-components=1
$ make

Install

Debian Package

$ sudo make install

Flatpak

$ mkdir -p ~/.spotify-adblock && cp spotify-adblock.so ~/.spotify-adblock
$ flatpak override --user --filesystem="~/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so" com.spotify.Client

Usage

Command-line

Debian Package

$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/spotify-adblock.so spotify

Flatpak

$ flatpak run --command=sh com.spotify.Client -c 'eval "$(sed s#LD_PRELOAD=#LD_PRELOAD=$HOME/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so:#g /app/bin/spotify)"'

Desktop file

You can integrate it with your desktop environment by creating a .desktop file (e.g. spotify-adblock.desktop) in ~/.local/share/applications. This lets you easily run it from an application launcher without opening a terminal.

Examples:

Debian Package

``` [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=Spotify (adblock) GenericName=Music Player Icon=spotify-client TryExec=spotify Exec=env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/spotify-adblock.so spotify %U Terminal=false MimeType=x-scheme-handler/spotify; Categories=Audio;Music;Player;AudioVideo; StartupWMClass=spotify ```

Flatpak

``` [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=Spotify (adblock) GenericName=Music Player Icon=com.spotify.Client Exec=flatpak run --file-forwarding --command=sh com.spotify.Client -c 'eval "$(sed s#LD_PRELOAD=#LD_PRELOAD=$HOME/.spotify-adblock/spotify-adblock.so:#g /app/bin/spotify)"' @@u %U @@ Terminal=false MimeType=x-scheme-handler/spotify; Categories=Audio;Music;Player;AudioVideo; StartupWMClass=spotify ```

Uninstall

$ sudo make uninstall