= Meson =

'''`meson(1)`''' is a build system written in Python.

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== Installation ==

Some distributions offer a `meson` package. More generally, `meson(1)` is distributed as a Python module and script.

{{{
python3 -m pip install meson
#or
pipx install meson
}}}

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== Usage ==

`meson(1)` must be called with a directory argument, and the directory must contain a `meson.build` file. A simple build script looks like:

{{{
project('Project Name', 'c')
src = ['helloworld.c', 'foo.c', 'bar.c']
executable('helloworld', src)
}}}

Note that arguments are implicitly flattened. The `executable` method actually takes 1 or more arguments indicating source code files, not an array argument. Here the `src` array is seamlessly replaced with its members.

Generally, `meson(1)` is called like:

{{{
mkdir build
cd build
meson ..
}}}

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== See also ==

[[https://man.archlinux.org/man/meson.1|meson(1)]]



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