Is there an easy way to install the Spotify plugin for Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 12.04?
I can only find links to recompile Rhythmbox completely and the instructions aren't very clear.
Ubuntu – How to install Rhythmbox Spotify plugin
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Check out this howto from here:
http://www.bernaerts-nicolas.fr/linux/74-ubuntu/240-ubuntu-precise-upnp-dlna-client
I got it working myself quite well after that...
Rhythmbox is not a canonical product so I don't think canonical can do anything about it. If you need a feature may be you can request feature to rhythmbox developers. If you are talking about third party plugin called 10 Band Equalizer.
What you can do is create a folder called plugins in $HOME/.local/share/rhythmbox and download the plugin and extract the equalizer folder in the plugins folder you created.
OR
If you know how to use git and have git installed. Just goto $HOME/.local/share/rhythmbox and do:
git clone https://github.com/luqmana/rhythmbox-plugins.git plugins
and then you can update your plugin with git pull command from plugins directory
Then enable the plugin from rhythmbox.
It can also be installed via a PPA as described in the linked question.
Linked Question: - How do I install third-party rhythmbox plugins?
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If you are referring to this Rhythmbox Spotify plugin, then I'm afraid the answer is no, there isn't a way to install it other than building the whole of Rhythmbox with it.
Also notice that the code for that plugin hasn't been touched for 3 years, so it's likely that no longer works with the current Rhythmbox code.
All in all, my suggestion would be to stay away from that plugin and use the native Spotify client instead.