How do I install a c++ library so I can use it?

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I have this library called BASS which is an audio library which I'm going to use to record with the microphone. I have all the files needed to use it, but I don't know how to install the library. I tried taking the example files and putting them in the same directory as the bass.h file. But I got a bunch of errors saying there are function calls that doesn't exist.

So my question is, how do I install it to be able to use it?

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See the code below code and don not forget to put bass.dll in the directory of your exe file and include the file bass.lib with your project and don not forget also to include the path to bass.h and bass.lib in the default include and lib path of your project.

#include <iostream>
#include "bass.h"

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, const char **argv)
{
   if (!BASS_Init(-1, 44100, 0, NULL ,NULL)) 
   {
   cout<<"Can't initialize device";
   return -1;
   }

            int stream = BASS_StreamCreateFile(false, "D:\\mypro\\Trans_Langs\\germ\\quran_amma\\Translations\\Sound_aya\\Sora1\\Hafs\\basfar\\a7.mp3", 0L, 0L, 0);
            if (stream != 0)
            {
                // play the stream channel
                BASS_ChannelPlay(stream, false);
            }
            else
            {
                // error creating the stream
                cout<<"Stream error: {0}", BASS_ErrorGetCode();
            }

   getchar();

            BASS_StreamFree(stream);
            // free BASS
            BASS_Free();

 return 0;
}
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If there are files named configure, Makefile or install you can try running them in that order. After that, any program that wants to link with this library must use a command like this: 

c++ <your_program.cpp> -l<library_name> -L<path_where_library_is_installed>

The library path is usually the original library folder itself, unless you explicitly change it or the library itself puts its files in global locations like /usr/local or something like that.

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