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Problem

How to use the meson command: SCons-like build system that uses Python as a front-end language and Ninja as a building backend. More information: <https://mesonbuild.com/Commands.html>.

Solution

meson — SCons-like build system that uses Python as a front-end language and Ninja as a building backend. More information: <https://mesonbuild.com/Commands.html>.

Generate a C project with a given name and version:

meson init {{[-l|--language]}} c {{[-n|--name]}} {{myproject}} --version {{0.1}}

Configure the builddir with default values:

meson setup {{build_directory}}

Build the project:

meson compile -C {{path/to/build_directory}}

Run all tests in the project:

meson test

Display help:

meson {{[-h|--help]}}

Display version:

meson {{[-v|--version]}}

Code Snippets

Generate a C project with a given name and version

meson init {{[-l|--language]}} c {{[-n|--name]}} {{myproject}} --version {{0.1}}

Configure the `builddir` with default values

meson setup {{build_directory}}

Build the project

meson compile -C {{path/to/build_directory}}

Run all tests in the project

meson test

Display help

meson {{[-h|--help]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/meson

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