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 Meson-&meson-version; Meson <para>Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast and as user friendly as possible.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&meson-fin-sbu;</seg> <seg>&meson-fin-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> <tip revision="sysv"> <para>This section is not strictly required for LFS if not using systemd. On the other hand, meson/ninja is a powerful build system, which is expected to be used more and more often. It is required for several packages in <ulink url="&blfs-book;">the BLFS book</ulink>.</para> </tip> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Meson Compile Meson with the following command: python3 setup.py build This package does not come with a test suite. Install the package: python3 setup.py install --root=dest cp -rv dest/* / install -vDm644 data/shell-completions/bash/meson /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/meson install -vDm644 data/shell-completions/zsh/_meson /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_meson The meaning of the install parameters: --root=dest By default python3 setup.py install installs various files (such as man pages) into Python Eggs. With a specified root location, setup.py installs these files into a standard hierarchy. Then the hierarchy can just be copied to the standard location. Contents of Meson Installed programs Installed directory meson /usr/lib/python&python-minor;/site-packages/meson-&meson-version;-py&python-minor;.egg-info and /usr/lib/python&python-minor;/site-packages/mesonbuild Short Descriptions meson A high productivity build system meson