Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-1353

Chapter 42. Multimedia Libraries and Drivers

Taglib-2.0.2

Introduction to Taglib

Taglib is a library used for reading, writing and manipulating audio file tags and is used by applications such as VLC.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.3 platform.

Package Information

Taglib Dependencies

Required

CMake-3.31.5 and utfcpp-4.0.6

Optional (for tests)

Cppunit

Installation of Taglib

Install Taglib by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  \
      -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
      .. &&
make

The test suite requires Cppunit but it's not a BLFS package.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: taglib-config
Installed Libraries: libtag.so and libtag_c.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/taglib

Short Descriptions

taglib-config

is a tool used to print information about the taglib installation