To get started quickly have a look at the examples directory which contains various sample programs. API documentation can be generated using [Doxygen] (http://www.stack.nl/~dimitri/doxygen/). The online version of the API documentation can be found at:
http://metabrainz.github.com/libcoverart/
This package provides a pkg-config script that returns the necessary compiler and linker flags, as well as the version number. To build a small sample program using the C++ API one would use:
g++ -o test_app test_app.cpp `pkg-config libcoverartcc --cflags --libs`
To build a small sample program using the C API one would use:
gcc -o test_app test_app.c `pkgconfig libcoverart --cflags --libs`
If you don't want/can't use pkg-config and you are using the C API, make sure you link in the C++ standard library:
gcc -o test_app test_app.c -lcoverart -lm -lstdc++
If you have any questions about this library, feel free to ask on the MusicBrainz development mailing list:
http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-devel
Please submit bug reports to the MusicBrainz bug tracking system:
http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/LCA
You can find out more about the MusicBrainz project by visiting its site:
http://musicbrainz.org/