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Meson is project to create the best possible next-generation
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build system.
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Dependencies
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Python http://python.org (version 3.3 or newer)
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Ninja http://martine.github.com/ninja/
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Installing from source
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You can run Meson directly from a revision control checkout or an
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extracted tarball. Installing it system-wide is simple.
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Configure step: None
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Compile step: None
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Unit test step: ./run_tests.py
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Install step: [sudo] ./install_meson.py --prefix /your/prefix --destdir /destdir/path
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The default value of prefix is /usr/local. The default value of destdir
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is empty.
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Running
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Meson requires that you have a source directory and a build directory
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and that these two are different. In your source root must exist a file
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called 'meson.build'. To generate the build system run this command:
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meson <source directory> <build directory>
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You can omit either of the two directories, and Meson will substitute
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the current directory and autodetect what you mean. This mean that you
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can do things like this:
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cd source_root; mkdir build; cd build; meson.py ..
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cd source_root; mkdir build; meson.py build
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To compile, cd into your build directory and type 'ninja'. To run unit
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tests, type 'ninja test'.
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Install is the same but it can take an extra argument:
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DESTDIR=/destdir/path ninja install
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DESTDIR can be omitted. If you are installing to system directories,
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you may need to run this command with sudo.
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Contributing
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We love community contributions. There are two simple ways to submit your
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patches. The preferred way is to send a github pull request. You can
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also send patches as emails to the Meson mailing list.
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Further info
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The home page of Meson can be found here:
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https://jpakkane.github.io/meson/
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