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 Meson-&meson-version; Meson <para>Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast, and, even more importantly, as user friendly as possible.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&meson-ch6-sbu;</seg> <seg>&meson-ch6-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </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/* / 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 we can just copy the hierarchy so the files will be in 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