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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Getting-meson.md b/docs/markdown/Getting-meson.md index e0e5722..3568dfc 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Getting-meson.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Getting-meson.md @@ -23,12 +23,17 @@ a pull-request process that runs CI and tests several platforms. ## Installing Meson with pip Meson is available in the [Python Package Index] and can be installed with -`pip3 install meson` which requires root and will install it system-wide. +`sudo pip3 install meson` which requires root and will install it system-wide. + +If you have downloaded a copy of the meson sources already, you can install it +with `sudo pip3 install path/to/source/root/`. Alternatively, you can use `pip3 install --user meson` which will install it for your user and does not require any special privileges. This will install the package in `~/.local/`, so you will have to add `~/.local/bin` to your -`PATH`. +`PATH`, and `sudo meson install` will be completely broken since the +program will not be available to root. Only use a user copy of meson if you +do not care about installing projects as root. ## Installing Meson and Ninja with the MSI installer |