I installed the pre-built rpm you have linked, however when i go into the Hutspot settings it says Librespot not available, that’s starting it from the icon or through terminal.
Do i need to do anything else other than install the rpm, i did read online about starting a librespot service but it say it does not exist? Or has anyone else got another rpm i could try?
Got a Xperia 10 III too, so you know
For some reason, the integration of Librespot in Hutspot doesn’t work anymore, I have also had issues with this, even on the 32-Bit version.
However, there is a simple solution: just start librespot from the Terminal everytime you want to use Hutspot.
I personally have written a small Bash-Script for that, so I don’t have to type the whole comman everytime. I have used this command to start Librespot:
librespot --cache /home/defaultuser/.cache/librespot --username <Your Username here> -b 320 -n Xperia10III --backend pulseaudio
(Sorry for the bad formatting, I am writing this on my phone)
You can of course customise the command to your needs, for that I recommend reading the official Librespot-Docs.
After you have executed the command in the terminal, switch back to Hutspot and you will see your device in the devices-section
Thanks for the command, i did try it with the pre-built rpm of Librespot, however it throws an error below, which I’m guessing is a problem with the --backend pulseaudio:
thread ‘main’ panicked at ‘Invalid backend’, src/main.rs:462:53
Do i need cargo installed on my device to be able to use it, sorry if this is something simple I’m doing wrong haha
This sounds like the person who packaged this did “forget” some options when he built it. You could try without --backend, but I don’t know if this will work. If not, I’m afraid you have to compile it yoursrlf (but don’t worry, it’s not too hard).
Cargo you only need for compiling it yourself, otherwise it has nothing to do with Librespot
Try without --backend and report it back here, if it doesn’t work I can write you instructions on how to build it yourself
Thanks, tried without it, gets further in the process but then errors out again. So probably best if i build it myself if you could help out.
Also if i build it myself, if there does come a point where an updated package is released in chum or similar would that update it in the future?
No, as Librespot is not in Chum. If you build it yourself, you basically download only the source-code which you then compile into an executable (very simple explanation)
Ok then, I will try my best to guide you through the steps. For the compilation process I used ressources from
I have a detailed description at home, but I’m currently at work so I’m trying to explain this to you out of my memory. I hope I don’t forget something, otherwise you will need to wait a few hours…
Step 1: Install the tools required to build RUST-programs on your phone: Visit this site on your phone and copy the command into your terminal
Step 2: Install git (I don’t remember if it is installed by default): devel-su pkcon install git if it doesn’t find the package, try devel-su pkcon refresh and then try it again
Step 3: Clone the official librespot-repository: git clone https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot.git
Step 4: Change into the downloaded folder: cd librespot/
Step 5: Install gcc as it is required for the build process if I remember correctly: devel-su pkcon install gcc
Step 6: Build librespot: cargo build --release --features "alsa-backend pulseaudio-backend"
After that you can execute it with /home/defaultuser/librespot/target/release/librespot --cache /home/defaultuser/.cache/librespot --username <Your Username here> -b 320 -n Xperia10III --backend pulseaudio
If you encounter any problems on the way, just post them here and I will try to help
Got it mostly done, but when building librespot, i get the following error
failed to run custom build command for alsa-sys v0.3.1
followed by:
thread ‘main’ panicked at 'Could not run '“pkg-config” “–libs” “–cflags” “alsa”.
Oh no, not this again. I have built librespot a lot of times, but I always forget this part 
You need to install a specific alsa package. I have written it down at home, because I always forget it.
I will be home in approximitly two hours, then I can look it up and post it here
I installed the librespot rpm above but the pulseaudio backend is not found…
[2022-07-26T15:25:38Z INFO librespot] librespot 0.3.1 UNKNOWN (Built on 2022-05-18, Build ID: un1pa8pq, Profile: release)
thread ‘main’ panicked at ‘Invalid backend’, src/main.rs:462:53
stack
You have the same problem, like mentioned above. You need to build Librespot yourself
Ah well no time for that atm. But thanks!
Ok, here is what I forgot to mention:
between Step 5 and Step 6 you need to execute devel-su pkcon install alsa-lib-devel. After that, you can try Step 6 again and it should work now
Got it compiled and running in the terminal and checking Hutspot shows the device listed, but when i choose set as current it just says “Failed to transfer:404:not found”
There are a few errors showing as below apart from edited to remove IP, would this cause the problems?
WARN libmdns::fsm] couldn’t parse packet from xxxxx:5353: type 47 is invalid
Uhm…
I have never encountered this problem before, so I can’t really help (but that might be because I’m using the new-api branch of librespot).
But I’m familiar with the message “Failed to transfer:404:not found”. Sometimes it helps to restart both Librespot and Hutspot. And, with Librespot on the non-new-api branch, it also sometimes has timeframes when it just won’t work at all and you have to wait for a while to try it again. But I think when this happens, the terminal spits out another message
Would anyone of those who have it up and running mind sharing a working librespot rpm (or binary)? Thanks!
Unfortunately, I don’t know how to package a Rust-program into a RPM.
But I could try to send you a .zip-file of the folder containing the working Librespot.
Would you like to have that?
(I cannot guarantee that it will work)
I’m also very interested. Going from Xperia 10 to Xperia 10 III the only thing I really miss is working hutspot…
Ok, so here is my configuration. The .zip-file contains the binary as well as the source code. If you unpack it to /home/defaultuser/ , you only need to adapt my launch-script to use your username. I have also included the scipt here
Librespot .zip-file: Proton Drive
Launch script: Proton Drive
I hope I could help you 
If you have rust/cargo installed, you can ‘cargo install cargo-rpm’. Instructions are here - https://crates.io/crates/cargo-rpm. It’s very simple… Just CD to the package directory, (in your ~/.cargo folder), run ‘cargo-rpm init’, then ‘cargo-rpm build’