Homepage:

https://mesonbuild.com/

https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson

Dependencies

    Python (version 3.6 or newer)
    Ninja (version 1.8.2 or newer)

    python --version
        Python 2.7.18
    python3 --version
        Python 3.8.5

Ninja:

    sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build

or

    python3 -m pip install ninja

    ninja --version
        1.10.0

Install

    python3 -m pip install meson
    meson --version
        0.56.0

As root (for DPDK):

    sudo su
    pip3 install meson
    which meson
    /usr/local/bin/meson

Setup

hello: Autosetup (create and build sample C code)

    mkdir hello && cd hello && meson init --name hello --build
    ./build/hello
        This is project hello.

hello2: Manual setup

Existing files: meson-hello2.build, hello2.c

    meson-hello2.build
    ----------------------------------------
    project('hello2', 'c',
      version : '0.1',
      default_options : ['warning_level=3'])

    exe = executable('hello2', 'hello2.c',
      install : true)

    test('basic', exe)
    ----------------------------------------

    hello2.c
    ----------------------------------------
    #include <stdio.h>
    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
      (void)argc; (void)argv;
      printf("Hello, world 2.0!\n");
      return 0;
    }
    ----------------------------------------

Setup:

    mkdir -p hello2
    cp hello2.c hello2/
    cp meson-hello2.build hello2/meson.build
    cd hello2
    meson setup build
    cd build/
    ninja
    ./hello2
        Hello, world 2.0!

Test:

    ninja test

Using scripts

    ./setup-hello.sh
    ./setup-hello2.sh