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I am trying to run Spotify on Ubuntu 12.04. It used to work some time ago, when I tried to start it today, I got the following error:

spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

how to fix it?

I tried

sudo apt-get install libudev1

which however gives an error saying that it does not exist (any more)

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WARNING!

THIS SOLUTION BREAKS UNITY ON RECENT VERSIONS OF UBUNTU WHICH MAKES UBUNTU UNABLE TO BOOT. YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO TRY IT UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS do following:

sudo apt-get install libudev0

Then you create a symlink to the file as following (64bit):

PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION!!
sudo ln -sf /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1

If you are using a 32bit:

PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION!!
sudo ln -sf /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1

Now Spotify should recognize the correct library. If this doesn't work, please post back and I'll try to help you further :)

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    This worked, spotify starts without problems now. – user3825755 Apr 02 '15 at 14:31
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    It should be noted that the Spotify devs [have acknowledged this issue](https://community.spotify.com/t5/Help-Desktop-Linux-Mac-and/Spotify-0-9-17-for-GNU-Linux-and-the-upcoming-1-x-beta/m-p/1075006#M119549) and have promised a fix in the near future. – Glutanimate Apr 02 '15 at 15:45
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    I can also add that you should delete the symlink libudev.so.1 as soon as the update arrives. If a program that use libudev.so.1 isn't compatible with libudev.so.0 something could break. This is only a quickfix and a temporary solution for your problem. – Lars Martinsen Apr 02 '15 at 15:55
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    @LarsMartinsen that command (`sudo ln -sf /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1`) broke unity for me. No login screen. How do I reverse this link? – steoiatsl Nov 21 '16 at 09:47
  • @mina michael, shoul've read your comment first... :( – Adrians Netlis Feb 27 '17 at 22:02
  • @AdriansNetlis it's reversible but it needs work – steoiatsl Feb 28 '17 at 01:30
  • @AdriansNetlis the command just breaks a link. we simple need to re-establish it via command line. try to join me in chat whenever you can – steoiatsl Feb 28 '17 at 01:46