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This is an experiment to examine what would be
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the optimal syntax for a cross-platform build
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system.
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Dependencies: Python3 and Python-Ply
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Installing from source
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You can run Meson directly from a revision control checkout.
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Installing it system-wide is simple.
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Configure step: None
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Compile step: ./compile_meson.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.py <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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For questions contact the mailing list at
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https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/meson-devel
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