Spotify Debian

 

Pre-requisites

1. Install Spotify for your Linux distro by going to the official site of Spotify and not installing the package using Snap but using the Debian package installation.
2. Make may already be installed on your device but you can install it using sudo apt-get install build-essential to be on the safe side.
3. RustInstall using the following command - curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

sudo apt-get purge spotify-client

https://github.com/isouravgope/spotify-adblock-linux

code...

git clone https//github.com/.....

cd spotify-adblock-linux

kate or gedit for spot.sh

kate .spot.sh

find wget wget.... deb package 

https://repository-origin.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify-client/

save file

chmo a+x spot.sh

 and

./spot.sh

finish

ready spotify

cd ~/.local/share/applications

ls

spotifylinux

or 

Download Git from here.

Rustc version may cause problems.

cd spotify-adblock 

kate Cargo.toml

add [dependencies]
lazy_static = "*"
libc = "*"
regex = "*"
serde = { version = "*", features = ["derive"] }
serde_regex = "*"
toml = "*"
anchor-spl = { git = "https://github.com/coral-xyz/anchor" }

git clone https://github.com/abba23/spotify-adblock.git
cd spotify-adblock
make

If it gives an error, use the commands below.

cargo update

and

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

Finally run - sudo make install

To test if it works run this command - LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/spotify-adblock.so spotify

This should now launch Spotify with the adblocked version!Creating a desktop file

If you run Spotify installed by you, you will notice the ads aren't blocked unless you run the command above on the terminal. To solve this issue a small hack exists.Fire up your terminal and change your directory on the terminal - cd ~/.local/share/applications
You now need to create a desktop file in order to get the application in your menu. Create the file and edit it by using - nano spotify-adblock.desktop
In the editing space copy paste the following code:

  [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