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daarlinx

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Registered: 2011-12-24

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spotify: AUR package or wine

Hi,

I would like to install spotify but im not sure which way i should go about it. What are the advantages/disadvantages of using wine vs the AUR package? Im running KDE as my desktop environment. Thanks for any opinions.

Happy holidays!

oboedad55

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From: Baku

Registered: 2011-04-05

Posts: 392

Re: spotify: AUR package or wine

Hi,

I would like to install spotify but im not sure which way i should go about it. What are the advantages/disadvantages of using wine vs the AUR package? Im running KDE as my desktop environment. Thanks for any opinions.

Happy holidays!

To me it's always preferable to run an app natively than through wine, unless there's some feature you can't access unless you run the Windows version. There's nothing to be lost by trying the native app first.

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matse

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Registered: 2011-04-27

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Re: spotify: AUR package or wine

Wine has definetly the advantage that you have some fun until your program works as expected
Just joking... if the program runs natively under arch there is imho just one way - use the native package - use the AUR way!

firecat53

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Re: spotify: AUR package or wine

Check the AUR page for the native client for a link describing how to download and link some older versions of libraries required to play local music files. Works great otherwise.

Scott

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daarlinx

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Registered: 2011-12-24

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Re: spotify: AUR package or wine

Thanks for the tips! I now have spotify installed nativly and its running perfectly.

GERGE

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From: Turkey

Registered: 2008-09-29

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Re: spotify: AUR package or wine

Do the apps work on the Linux package?