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Check out the <a href="client_howto.html">online documentation</a> for the client library. <p> Linux/Unix: <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/ftp://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/musicbrainz-1.0.0.tar.gz">MusicBrainz (libmusicbrainz) 1.0.0 Source Distribution (tar.gz)</a> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/ftp://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/rh7x/musicbrainz-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm">MusicBrainz (libmusicbrainz) 1.0.0 library binaries (RedHat 7.x rpm)</a> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/ftp://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/rh7x/musicbrainz-devel-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm">MusicBrainz (libmusicbrainz) 1.0.0 library headers (RedHat 7.x rpm)</a> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/ftp://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/rh6x/musicbrainz-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm">MusicBrainz (libmusicbrainz) 1.0.0 library binaries (RedHat 6.x rpm)</a> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/ftp://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/rh6x/musicbrainz-devel-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm">MusicBrainz (libmusicbrainz) 1.0.0 library headers (RedHat 6.x rpm)</a> </ul> Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000: <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/ftp://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/musicbrainz-1.0.0.zip">MusicBrainz (musicbrainz.dll) 1.0.0 Source Distribution (.zip)</a> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/ftp://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/musicbrainz_api-1.0.0.zip">MusicBrainz (musicbrainz.dll) 1.0.0 Binary API Distribution (.zip)</a> </ul> <p> <b>Server Downloads:</b><p> <ul> <li>The sever is undergoing rapid changes, and the best way to keep up is to download the source code from CVS. See below.</a> </ul> <p> <b>Data Downloads:</b><p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/ftp://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/mbdump.tar.bz2">MusicBrainz Data</a> (tar.bz2) suitable for importing into MySQL. <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/http://pws.prserv.net/lukeharless/musicbrainzdb.zip">MusicBrainz Access DB</a> (zip) MS Access database suitable for importing the above file into MS Access. [<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/http://pws.prserv.net/lukeharless/accessmusicbrainz.html">Details</a>] </ul> <p> <b>Old Downloads:</b><p> Old releases can be found on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/ftp://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz">MusicBrainz FTP Server</a>. <p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#000000" width="97%"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFBA58"> <b><font color="black">CVS Access</font></b> </td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <p> <p> The latest bleeding edge version of our client library and server source is always available to everyone interested by read-only CVS. Currently the CVS archives are still named for their predecessor counterparts in the CD Index. In the next few days these will be moved over to the MusicBrainz repository. </p> <p> Changes to the source trees are commented, releases are labeled. So you can find out what was going on and retrieve older releases if necessary. </p> <p> This system is well suited to administer changes to a project made by a group of various developers and is thus used by many large Internet projects. </p> <p> <br> <font size="+1">Further reading</font> </p> <p> For more information visit the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/http://www.cyclic.com/">Cyclic Software</a> site or have a look at the info documentation that is online <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/http://docs.freebsd.org/info/cvs/cvs.info.Top.html">here</a> at the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD Project</a> or <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/http://www.publicsource.apple.com/tools/cvs/docs.html">here</a> at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010813000801/http://www.apple.com/">Apple Computer, Inc.</a> </p> <p> <br> <font size="+1">Preparation</font> </p> <p> Before you can access the CVS server you need to set up an environment variable. </p> <p> Under UNIX using a Bourne shell (<tt>sh</tt>, <tt>bash</tt> etc) type the following: </p> <center> <table width="95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0" bgcolor="#efefff" summary="setting CVSROOT with sh"> <tr> <td> <tt>CVSROOT=:pserver:freeamp@cvs.freeamp.org:/src/repository</tt> </td> <tr> <td> <tt>export CVSROOT</tt> </td> </table> </center> or <center> <table width="95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0" bgcolor="#efefff" summary="setting CVSROOT with csh"> <tr> <td> <tt>setenv CVSROOT :pserver:freeamp@cvs.freeamp.org:/src/repository</tt> </td> </table> </center> <p> if you work under a C shell (<tt>csh</tt>, <tt>tcsh</tt> etc). </p> <p> Under Windows type the following: </p> <center> <table width="95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0" bgcolor="#efefff" summary="setting CVSROOT under Windows"> <tr> <td> <tt>set CVSROOT=:pserver:freeamp@cvs.freeamp.org:/src/repository</tt> </td> </table> </center> <p> Alternately you can specify the <tt>CVSROOT</tt> when you give a CVS command by using the <tt>-d</tt> flag. While this allows you to access multiple CVS servers at a time, it does require you to specify the server each time you login to or checkout from the repository. </p> <center> <table width="95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0" bgcolor="#efefff" summary="setting CVSROOT under Windows"> <tr> <td> <tt>cvs -d:pserver:freeamp@cvs.freeamp.org:/src/repository <em>command</em></tt> </td> </table> </center> <p> <br> <font size="+1">Login</font> </p> <p> In order to login to the server type: </p> <center> <table width="95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0" bgcolor="#efefff" summary="logging into CVS"> <tr> <td> <tt>cvs login</tt> </td> </table> </center> <p> And when prompted use the password: </p> <center> <table width="95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0" bgcolor="#efefff" summary="password for CVS"> <tr> <td> <tt>freeamp</tt> </td> </table> </center> <p> Under UNIX, after the first time you log into the CVS server the password should be saved in <tt>~/.cvspass</tt>. </p> <p> <br> <font size="+1">Getting the source trees</font> </p> <p> Now all you have to do to download the server source code is type: </p> <center> <table width="95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0" bgcolor="#efefff" summary="checking out the server code"> <tr> <td> <tt>cvs -z3 checkout -P mb_server</tt> </td> </table> </center> <p> To download the client library source code do: </p> <center> <table width="95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0" bgcolor="#efefff" summary="checking out the client code"> <tr> <td> <tt>cvs -z3 checkout -P mb_client</tt> </td> </table> </center> <p> Note that he <tt>-z3</tt> option will use a moderate level of compression on the data exchanged with the server. </p> <p> <br> <font size="+1">Updating</font> </p> <p> Once you have checked out a copy of the source you can retrieve the latest version by changing to the project directory and typing: </p> <center> <table width="95%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" border="0" bgcolor="#efefff" summary="updating a CVS project"> <tr> <td> <tt>cvs -z3 update -Pd</tt> </td> </table> </center> <p> <br> <font size="+1">Help</font> </p> <p> Confused? 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