Meson can now be installed and run from system directories.

compile_meson.py

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 #!/usr/bin/python3 -tt
 
+# Copyright 2013 Jussi Pakkanen
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
 # This file generates all files needed to run
 # Meson. It does the equivalent of "make" in
 # standard build systems.

install_meson.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3 -tt
+
+# Copyright 2013 Jussi Pakkanen
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import os, sys, glob, shutil
+from optparse import OptionParser
+from meson import version
+
+usage_info = '%prog [--prefix PREFIX] [--destdir DESTDIR]'
+
+parser = OptionParser(usage=usage_info)
+
+build_types = ['plain', 'debug', 'optimized']
+buildtype_help = 'build type, one of: %s' % ', '.join(build_types)
+buildtype_help += ' (default: %default)'
+
+parser.add_option('--prefix', default='/usr/local', dest='prefix',
+                  help='the installation prefix (default: %default)')
+parser.add_option('--destdir', default='', dest='destdir',
+                  help='the destdir (default: %default)')
+
+try:
+    open('parsetab.py', 'r').close()
+except IOError:
+    print('Parsetab.py not found, run compile_meson.py first.')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args(sys.argv)
+if options.prefix[0] != '/':
+    print('Error, prefix must be an absolute path.')
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+install_root = os.path.join(options.destdir, options.prefix[1:])
+
+script_dir = os.path.join(install_root, 'share/meson-' + version)
+bin_dir = os.path.join(install_root, 'bin')
+bin_script = os.path.join(script_dir, 'meson.py')
+bin_name = os.path.join(bin_dir, 'meson')
+
+symlink_value = os.path.relpath(bin_script, os.path.dirname(bin_name))
+
+files = glob.glob('*.py')
+
+noinstall = ['compile_meson.py', 'install_meson.py', 'run_tests.py']
+
+files = [x for x in files if x not in noinstall]
+
+os.makedirs(script_dir, exist_ok=True)
+os.makedirs(bin_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+for f in files:
+    print('Installing %s to %s' %(f, script_dir))
+    outfilename = os.path.join(script_dir, f)
+    shutil.copyfile(f, outfilename)
+    shutil.copystat(f, outfilename)
+
+os.symlink(symlink_value, bin_name)