Can't find or run spotify after `snap install spotify`

Question

I am using Ubuntu 16.04, running this command succeeded:

sudo snap install spotify

And running it again indicates Spotify is installed. However, running:

spotify

Gives command not found! Searching in Unity for "spotify" yields no results. What can I do?

Solution 1

Check your $PATH variable by executing in a Terminal:

echo $PATH

The output should be very similar to this:

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/usr/share/rvm/bin

You have to verify if /snap/bin is included in this $PATH, otherwise you have to add it manually, here is how to do it: How do I modify my PATH so that the changes are available in every Terminal session.

If this doesn't work, try deleting and installing again the snap, the required commands are:

• Execute sudo snap list to verify if Spotify is installed.

• Use sudo snap remove spotify to delete it.

• Use sudo snap install spotify to re-install it again.

After installing it you can run the command which spotify to see if it is recognized now.

Hope it helps, good luck!

Solution 2

The solution is simple. Log out and log back in again.

Same thing happened to me. It was the first time I had installed a snap app, and I expect that the $PATH variable had changed as per other answers, but the change only takes effect after logging out and logging back in again.

Solution 3

Personally, I simply had to open a different Terminal window. For some reason it couldn't find it from the window I'd used to run the snap command.

Comments

[Terrance]

Try /snap/bin/spotify to launch it. You might not have the /snap/bin in your path.

[user126350]

That exists and runs, but nothing happens afterwards.

[Terrance]

Thank you! I was going to mention to OP to add /snap/bin to the path as I just tested out spotify and it worked fine. +1 =)

[user126350]

Thanks just reinstalled after augmenting the path and it seems to be working now (although takes a solid 15 seconds to load).

[Terrance]

@user126350 Yep, that is one thing I noticed is that it was slow to come up.

[galoget]

You're welcome to both of you, glad to hear that! :D

[Bprodz]

source ~/.profile should have the same effect if you don't want to open a new terminal.

[evaristegd]

@Bprodz , yours is the right answer. Please consider posting it as an answer so I can upvote it. Let me know when you do.