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Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

libmusicbrainz-2.1.5

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.

MusicBrainz is a community music metadatabase that attempts to create a comprehensive music information site. You can use the MusicBrainz data either by browsing the web site, or you can access the data from a client program — for example, a CD player program can use MusicBrainz to identify CDs and provide information about the CD, about the artist or other related information.

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Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

libmusicbrainz Dependencies

Optional to Build the Python Bindings

Python-2.7.18

Installation of libmusicbrainz

Install libmusicbrainz by running the following commands: 

patch -Np1 -i ../libmusicbrainz-2.1.5-missing-includes-1.patch &&

CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS:--O2 -g} -std=c++98" \
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make

If Python is installed, build the bindings with the following commands: 

(cd python && python2 setup.py build)

This package does not come with a stand-alone test suite (to test you must have Python installed and perform the test after the package is installed).

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
install -v -m644 -D docs/mb_howto.txt \
    /usr/share/doc/libmusicbrainz-2.1.5/mb_howto.txt

To test the Python bindings, issue the following: (cd python && python2 setup.py test).

If you built the Python bindings, issue the following commands as the root user to install them: 

(cd python && python2 setup.py install)

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libmusicbrainz.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/musicbrainz and /usr/share/doc/libmusicbrainz-2.1.5

Short Descriptions

libmusicbrainz.so

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