TagLib Installation =================== TagLib uses the CMake build system. As a user, you will most likely want to build TagLib in release mode and install it into a system-wide location. This can be done using the following commands: cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DCMAKE_RELEASE_TYPE=Release . make sudo make install Some file formats in TagLib are not enabled by default, you can compile support for MP4 and WMA using the following options: cmake -DWITH_MP4=ON -DWITH_ASF=ON [...] In order to build the included examples, use the BUILD_EXAMPLES option: cmake -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON [...] If you want to run the test suite to make sure TagLib works properly on your system, you need to have cppunit installed. The test suite has a custom target in the build system, so you can run the tests using make: make check See http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/runningcmake.html for generic help on running CMake.