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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Download (HTTP): http://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/historical/libmusicbrainz-2.1.5.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: d5e19bb77edd6ea798ce206bd05ccc5f
Download size: 524 KB
Estimated disk space required: 12 MB
Estimated build time: 0.4 SBU
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)
--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.