Installation

Installation

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Prerequisites

Package	Purpose	Required?
KDE Plasma 6	Desktop environment	Required
Any MPRIS2-compatible player (Audacious, Strawberry, VLC, etc.)	Audio player	Required
kid3-common / kid3-core	CLI tag editor	Required
exiftool	Metadata processor	Required
KDE Connect	Mobile sync	Required for mobile
bash, bc, grep, sed	Standard Unix tools	Required
kid3 (GUI)	Integrated tag editing	Recommended
rsgain	ReplayGain / Boost Album	Recommended
k3b	CD ripping	Optional

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Install by Distribution

Arch Linux

yay -S musiclib          # GUI (includes CLI)
# or
yay -S musiclib-cli      # CLI only

pacman -S kid3           # recommended
yay -S rsgain            # recommended
pacman -S k3b            # optional

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Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/Harpo3/musiclib.git
cd musiclib && mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make -j$(nproc)
sudo make install

Build deps (if cmake fails): cmake ≥ 3.16, qt6-base-dev, kf6-kconfig-dev, kf6-knotifications-dev, kf6-kio-dev

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Package Name Cross-Reference

Package	Arch	Fedora	Ubuntu/Neon	openSUSE	Debian
kid3-common	kid3-common	kid3-common	kid3-core	kid3-cli	kid3-core
exiftool	perl-image-exiftool	perl-Image-ExifTool	libimage-exiftool-perl	perl-Image-ExifTool	libimage-exiftool-perl
Qt6 (build)	qt6-base	qt6-base-devel	qt6-base-dev	libqt6-devel	qt6-base-dev
KF6 (build)	kf6-kconfig	kf6-kconfig-devel	kf6-kconfig-dev	kf6-kconfig-devel	kf6-kconfig-dev

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After Installing

Run first-time setup: → Setup