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| author | Dudemanguy <random342@airmail.cc> | 2021-11-07 13:28:16 -0600 |
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| committer | Dudemanguy <random342@airmail.cc> | 2021-11-14 19:13:10 +0000 |
| commit | ff322864f2878a35b277111e509da03fe6f888bd (patch) | |
| tree | 44a99850fb0adffdd51cb0406ca24ecd5c917b2d /README.md | |
| parent | f610fe16c0b1cb74d73d02dc55792d4ddc262ad2 (diff) | |
| download | mpv-ff322864f2878a35b277111e509da03fe6f888bd.tar.bz2 mpv-ff322864f2878a35b277111e509da03fe6f888bd.tar.xz | |
build: add meson build support
Adds support for the meson build system as well as a bit of
documentation. Compatibility with the existing waf build is
maintained.
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -73,11 +73,27 @@ Changes to the default key bindings are indicated in Compiling with full features requires development files for several -external libraries. Below is a list of some important requirements. +external libraries. One of the two build systems supported by mpv is required: +[meson](https://mesonbuild.com/index.html) or [waf](https://waf.io/). Meson +can be obtained from your distro or PyPI. Waf can be downloaded by using the +`./bootstrap.py` script. It will get the lastest version of waf that was tested +with mpv. Some documentation about the differences between the build systems are +located in [build-system-differences][build-system-differences]. -The mpv build system uses [waf](https://waf.io/), but we don't store it in the -repository. The `./bootstrap.py` script will download the latest version -of waf that was tested with the build system. +### Meson + +After creating your build directory (e.g. `meson build`), you can view a list +of all the build options via `meson configure build`. You could also just simply +look at the `meson_options.txt` file. Logs are stored in `meson-logs` within +your build directory. + +Example: + + meson build + meson compile -C build + meson install -C build + +### Waf For a list of the available build options use `./waf configure --help`. If you think you have support for some feature installed but configure fails to @@ -214,3 +230,4 @@ Most activity happens on the IRC channel and the github issue tracker. [api-changes]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/client-api-changes.rst [restore-old-bindings]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/etc/restore-old-bindings.conf [contribute.md]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/contribute.md +[build-system-differences]: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/build-system-differences.md |