

That won't work, at least not in Ubuntu 16. /home/your_username/Downloads/spotify_control stop./home/your_username/Downloads/spotify_control play./home/your_username/Downloads/spotify_control next./home/your_username/Downloads/spotify_control playpause.

home/your_username/Downloads/spotify_control playpause The command you see in the picture above is for 'play/pause' function

Perhaps the person you are trying to share with does not have a Spotify account, or maybe there is a problem with the Spotify service itself. The solution is pretty simple and works on any Linux distribution. There could be a few reasons why Spotify share is not working. There is a simple solution credit goes to this thread on Spotify forum, Thanks to schuellerf and rszabla.
