####Dependencies
- Python http://python.org (version 3.4 or newer)
- Ninja http://martine.github.com/ninja/
####Installing from source You can run Meson directly from a revision control checkout or an extracted tarball. Meson is also available from PyPi, so it can be installed with 'pip install meson'.
####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 ..
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
The home page of Meson can be found here:
Meson is a registered trademark of Jussi Pakkanen