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####Dependencies
####Installing from source
You can run Meson directly from a revision control checkout or an
extracted tarball. If you wish you can install it locally with the
standard Python distutils command python3 setup.py install <your options here>.
Meson is also available from
PyPi, so it can be installed
with pip install meson (this does not require a source checkout, pip
will download the package automatically).
####Running
Meson requires that you have a source directory and a build directory 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 <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 allows you to do things like this:
cd source_root; mkdir build; cd build; meson ..
or
cd source_root; mkdir build; meson build
To compile, cd into your build directory and type ninja. To run unit
tests, type ninja test.
Install is the same but it can take an extra argument:
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.
####Contributing
We love code contributions. See the contributing.txt file for details.
####IRC
The irc channel for Meson is #mesonbuild over at Freenode.
####Further info
More information about the Meson build system can be found at the project's home page.
Meson is a registered trademark of Jussi Pakkanen