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Jussi Pakkanen 12 years ago
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      readme.txt

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the optimal syntax for a cross-platform build
system.
Dependencies: Python3 and Python-Ply
Dependencies
Python 3: http://python.org
Python-Ply: http://www.dabeaz.com/ply/ply.html
Ninja: http://martine.github.com/ninja/
Installing from source
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Installing it system-wide is simple.
Configure step: None
Compile step: ./compile_meson.py
Install step: [sudo] ./install_meson.py --prefix /your/prefix --destdir /destdir/path
Compile step: ./compile_meson.py
Unit test step: ./run_tests.py
Install step: [sudo] ./install_meson.py --prefix /your/prefix --destdir /destdir/path
The default value of prefix is /usr/local. The default value of destdir
is empty.
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and that these two are different. In your source root must exist a file
called 'meson.build'. To generate the build system run this command:
meson.py <source directory> <build directory>
meson <source directory> <build directory>
You can omit either of the two directories, and Meson will substitute
the current directory and autodetect what you mean. This mean that you
@ -31,6 +36,16 @@ can do things like this:
cd source_root; mkdir build; cd build; meson.py ..
cd source_root; mkdir build; meson.py build
To compile, cd into your build directory and type 'ninja'. To run unit
tests, type 'ninja test'. Installing takes a few more arguments:
DESTDIR=/destdir/path ninja install
DESTDIR can be omitted. If you are installing to system directories,
you may need to run this command with sudo.
Contact info
For questions contact the mailing list at
All questions should be sent to the mailing list:
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/meson-devel

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