| commit | 17eb224aa7e7af17b50c39a224db54f895af578d | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Dylan Baker <dylan@pnwbakers.com> | Tue Apr 27 12:19:58 2021 -0700 |
| committer | Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com> | Wed May 19 23:28:17 2021 +0300 |
| tree | 92e7c977afcfa5425bfc03bf16f21ce33eeec122 | |
| parent | bfd06783bd999a59fb0a375d35c25a4ae7b3e17e [diff] |
interpreter: Automatically add 'c' to languages when 'vala' is used This is so dumb, we can just insert C for you without you having to know that you're using C under the hood. This is nicer because: 1) Meson doesn't make the user add a language they're not explicitly using 2) If there was ever an implementaiton of Vala that didn't use C as it's assembly language, this wouldn't make any sense.
Meson is available on PyPi, so it can be installed with pip3 install meson. The exact command to type to install with pip can vary between systems, be sure to use the Python 3 version of pip.
If you wish you can install it locally with the standard Python command:
python3 -m pip install meson
For builds using Ninja, Ninja can be downloaded directly from Ninja GitHub release page or via PyPi
python3 -m pip install ninja
More on Installing Meson build can be found at the getting meson page.
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 setup <source directory> <build directory>
Depending on how you obtained Meson the command might also be called meson.py instead of plain meson. In the rest of this document we are going to use the latter form.
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> meson setup builddir
To compile, cd into your build directory and type ninja. To run unit tests, type ninja test.
More on running Meson build system commands can be found at the running meson page or by typing meson --help.
We love code contributions. See the contribution page on the website for details.
The irc channel for Meson is #mesonbuild over at Freenode.
You can use FreeNode's official webchat to connect to this channel.
More information about the Meson build system can be found at the project's home page.
Meson is a registered trademark of Jussi Pakkanen.