[mb-users] Help a newb with libmusicbrainz?

[Lukáš Lalinský]

snapperjackson wrote:
> 
> Hey, thanks!
> 
> Well, now I've started playing with the Python bindings.  I successfully
> installed Python (at least I think).  But what do I actually need to do to
> "install" libmusicbrainz?  Hope this isn't too lame a question.  Any help
> apprciated and many thanks!  And PS, I'm running Win XP Pro.
> 
> First of all, install the following dependencies:
>   1. python (tested with 2.4)
>      Standard python 2.3 or later should work.
>      -> http://www.python.org/
> 
>   2. libmusicbrainz (tested with 2.1.1)
>      Any version above 2.0 should do, so the packages shipped with most
>      linux distributions should work. Required for DiscID calculation
>      -> http://musicbrainz.org/products/client/download.html

>From this list of dependencies I'm assuming you are talking about
python-musicbrainz2, not the original Python bindings for libmusicbrainz.

"Installing libmusicbrainz" in this case means that you need to put
libmusicbrainz.dll either to the same directory as your python
script or somewhere in %PATH%. You can download the binary package from
http://musicbrainz.org/doc/libmusicbrainzDownload

-Lukáš