The Meson Build System

Igor Gnatenko 4bec1d666f add GTest test 9 years ago
cross 78739afd9c Use system() instead of name() which is a confusing term. 9 years ago
data c1dddce4e7 macros.meson: simplify RPM macros by using expand 9 years ago
graphics 502497e3ca Logo tweaking. 9 years ago
man 488dc98f0d Bumped version number for release. 9 years ago
manual tests d2fa9301ac simplify GResources in vala composite test 9 years ago
modules cd38e79301 Use --no-libtool. 9 years ago
test cases 4bec1d666f add GTest test 9 years ago
tools 575ef27f37 Convert project name. 10 years ago
.gitattributes 41f76025c1 Created a git attributes file. 10 years ago
.gitignore fd30a81fa9 Made run_tests.py output test results in junit xml to allow better integration with CI tools. 9 years ago
COPYING a428c953ff Start of project. 11 years ago
authors.txt 1910b1eb48 Added missing contribution. 9 years ago
backends.py 5467b7d58b Made Fortran static libraries work. Closes #237. 9 years ago
build.py 5ffe46bc6a Add version numbers to projects and generate a dep manifest. 9 years ago
commandrunner.py 74b0fad8f1 commandrunner: fix bad-continuation 9 years ago
compilers.py eb3cdb6f8d Changed cross compilation file to new format. 9 years ago
contributing.txt 0293947d73 trivial: fix urls after repo migration 9 years ago
coredata.py e91a248e6d Bumped version number for new development. 9 years ago
create_release.sh 5a790fbc62 Bump version number for release. 9 years ago
delwithsuffix.py 525f0ae6d2 Harmonised copyright declarations. 9 years ago
dependencies.py e63e126104 Fix regexp match for qmake version 9 years ago
depfixer.py 2b48d6fc1c depfixer: Instance of XXX has no XXX member 9 years ago
environment.py 78739afd9c Use system() instead of name() which is a confusing term. 9 years ago
gtkdochelper.py 270b24c8e0 Now with xmlness. 9 years ago
install_meson.py ef3deb14c2 One last fix before release. 9 years ago
interpreter.py 7c6e99149b Merge pull request #236 from mesonbuild/depmanifest2 9 years ago
meson.py 30d0c2292f Support target-only cross compilation properly. 9 years ago
meson_install.py 83cc5ce4c5 Allow more than one install script and make gtkdoc method return one. 9 years ago
meson_test.py b08e2589d3 Parentheses are unnecessary. 9 years ago
mesonconf.py 0da1fbcb98 Flipped one character. 9 years ago
mesongui.py 525f0ae6d2 Harmonised copyright declarations. 9 years ago
mesonintrospect.py 1dc26def9d Introspect prints external dependency args. 9 years ago
mesonlib.py 63572626c6 Copy permission bits from source files and fix a path issue. 9 years ago
mesonmain.ui 6a338a8247 Display options in a form. 11 years ago
mesonrunner.ui 369ff97278 UI file for external program runner. 11 years ago
mesonstart.ui 6e4fa81733 Set up directories with launcher. 11 years ago
mlog.py cf0bd77ddd Do not invoke linker via cmd /c on Windows. 9 years ago
mparser.py ee4e785b1e Add support for subscripting array objects with []. 9 years ago
ninjabackend.py 5467b7d58b Made Fortran static libraries work. Closes #237. 9 years ago
optinterpreter.py ac127db919 Get builtin options by correct name in subprojects. 9 years ago
readme.txt 723cf0f15e Readme tweaking. 9 years ago
run_cross_test.py 572587f5ce Fix cross compilation tests. 9 years ago
run_tests.py f15eb466fb Merge pull request #162 from mesonbuild/lint_errors 9 years ago
rustrunner.py 525f0ae6d2 Harmonised copyright declarations. 9 years ago
symbolextractor.py 25c71c4d52 symbolextractor: fix bad-continuation 9 years ago
vcstagger.py 223596d7bf added support for optional custom command and replace_string parameter of vcs_tag 9 years ago
vs2010backend.py b49b7fdc05 vs2010backend: fix bad-continuation 9 years ago
wrap.py 2aaca1561b Use strict SSL when downloading from wrapdb. 9 years ago
wraptool.py 5ddd5554c5 Connect to wrapdb over authenticated ssl when possible and print warning when not possible. 9 years ago
xcodebackend.py c0808f112e xcodebackend: Undefined variable 'MesonException' 9 years ago

readme.txt

Meson® is project to create the best possible next-generation
build system.


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. Installing it system-wide is simple.

Configure step: None
Compile step: None
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.


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

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:

http://mesonbuild.com

Meson is a registered trademark of Jussi Pakkanen