Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-05-24

Chapter 38. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

libmusicbrainz-3.0.3

Introduction to libmusicbrainz

The libmusicbrainz package contains a library which allows you to access the data held on the MusicBrainz server. This is useful for adding MusicBrainz lookup capabilities to other applications.

libmusicbrainz version 3 is not backward compatible with version 2.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.0 platform.

Package Information

libmusicbrainz Dependencies

Required

cmake-2.8.7, libdiscid-0.2.2 and neon-0.29.6

Optional

cppunit (Required to run the test suite)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/libmusicbrainz3

Installation of libmusicbrainz

Install libmusicbrainz by running the following commands: 

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr . &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Library: libmusicbrainz3.so
Installed Directory: /usr/include/musicbrainz3

Short Descriptions

libmusicbrainz3.so

contains API functions to access the MusicBrainz database, both for looking up data and also for submitting new data.

Last updated on 2012-05-15 20:06:10 +0000