From e1f4fb3198c254d6020e7a3c775f20d74e595448 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Cupitt Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 18:28:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] revise meson notes in README --- README.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index dc3bd6de..a94bbeb5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ install notes](https://libvips.github.io/libvips/install.html). # Building from source libvips uses the [Meson build system](https://mesonbuild.com), version 0.56 or -later. The build system also needs `ninja`. +later, with [ninja](https://ninja-build.org). To compile, libvips must have `build-essential`, `pkg-config`, `libglib2.0-dev`, `libexpat1-dev`. See the **Dependencies** section below @@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ Notes: - Check the output of `meson setup` carefully and make sure it found everything you wanted it to find. -- Use flags like `-Dnsgif=false` to turn options on and off, see - `meson_options.txt` for a list of all the options libvips supports. -- Use `--buildtype=release` for a release build. -- You might need `--libdir=lib` on Debian if you don't want the arch name in - the library. +- Add flags like `-Dnsgif=false` to turn options on and off, see + `meson_options.txt` for a list of all the build options libvips supports. +- Add `--buildtype=release` for a release (optimised) build. +- You might need to add `--libdir=lib` on Debian if you don't want the arch + name in the library path. - Use `--default-library=static` for a static build. - Use `ninja test` to run the tests. - There's a more comprehensive test suite you can run with `pytest`.