Then try to install python-dbus! On Ubuntu you can do it as follows: sudo apt-get install python-dbus

When you've seen the following error: No module named dbus If you don't use any parameters, you'll enter the shell mode, where you'll be able to use all commands mentioned above solving problems dbus playpause plays or pauses the song (toggles a state) lyrics shows lyrics for the song playing artistshort shows artist name in a short way songshort shows the song name in a short way Use one of the following parameters: -h, -help show this help message and exit Run the following command from your terminal: spotifycli Hint: if you enconunter problems during upgrade, try to call command with sudo usage Hint: if you encounter problems during installation, try to call command with sudo upgrade pip install spotify-cli-linux -upgrade installation pip install spotify-cli-linux It should be simple and follow the Unix philosophy. This project is inspired by the similar project called shpotify, which does similar things, but on macOS. Spotify implements MPRIS interface so commands like these should work:ĭbus-send -print-reply -dest= /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 .A command line interface to Spotify on Linux. To exec dbus-launch -exit-with-session openbox-session On minimal systems it might be required to launch the desktop environment or window manager through dbus-launch -exit-with-session (provided by dbus-x11). Wget -qO- | sudo tee /etc/apt//spotify.ascĬontrolling playback using MPRIS D-Bus interface Install Spotify sudo apt install spotify-clientĮcho 'deb stable non-free' | sudo tee /etc/apt//spotify.list Update list of available packages sudo apt update NB: You will need to install dirmngr if not already installed sudo apt install dirmngrĪdd the Spotify repository signing key to be able to verify downloaded packages curl -sS | gpg -dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/repository-spotify-com-keyring.gpg >/dev/nullĪdd the Spotify repository echo deb stable non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt//spotify.list Using third-party repositories as recommended below is not supported by the Debian project and could break your system now or when you upgrade later.

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