http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html otmanix@pc103835 ~/download/taglib $ gzip -d taglib-1.5.tar.gz otmanix@pc103835 ~/download/taglib $ tar -xf taglib-1.5.tar otmanix@pc103835 ~/download/taglib $ cd taglib-1.5 otmanix@pc103835 ~/download/taglib/taglib-1.5 $ otmanix@pc103835 ~/download/taglib/taglib-1.5 $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local checking build system type... i686-pc-cygwin checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin checking target system type... i686-pc-cygwin ... config.status: creating config.h config.status: executing depfiles commands Good - your configure finished. Start make now otmanix@pc103835 ~/download/taglib/taglib-1.5 $ otmanix@pc103835 ~/download/taglib/taglib-1.5 $ make ... make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/otmanix/download/taglib/taglib-1.5' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/otmanix/download/taglib/taglib-1.5' otmanix@pc103835 ~/download/taglib/taglib-1.5 $ otmanix@pc103835 ~/download/taglib/taglib-1.5 $ make install Making install in taglib make[1]: Entering directory `/home/otmanix/download/taglib/taglib-1.5/taglib' Making install in toolkit ... /usr/bin/install -c -p -m 644 'taglib.pc' '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/taglib.pc' make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/otmanix/download/taglib/taglib-1.5' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/otmanix/download/taglib/taglib-1.5' otmanix@pc103835 ~/download/taglib/taglib-1.5 $