> From the step in > https://mesonbuild.com/Quick-guide.html#installation-from-source > I tried to compile meson by doing: > $ git clone https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson.git > $ cd meson > $ meson builddir > ERROR: Neither directory contains a build file meson.build. > > How do I generate a meson.build file?
I build Meson from Windows command line (not Git Bash) as pip package: C:\src\meson> python setup.py install --user You need write permissions for C:\Python, so use elevated command prompt or an administrator account. To use the new version, make sure C:\Python\Scripts is in the beginning of your PATH (assuming C:\Python being your Python 3 installation directory). Don't forget to apply the patch, it's not in upstream yet. You can instead clone the fork directly: git clone -b msvc-linker-arg-prefix https://github.com/PlushBeaver/meson.git -- Dmitry Kozlyuk
