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I am attempting to build glib 2.62 on Ubuntu 18/amd64 from source. Per the GNOME installation guide -- Compiling the GLib package -- I am to use meson _build. Is '_build' the name of a build file or is it a placeholder for the submodule I am compiling within the GLib package? It does not appear as a file in the toplevel directory where I unpacked the source. I am new to the meson build system and if this is just a common placeholder for an entity I am unfamiliar with, their guide does not reference this whatsoever.

Clark Hathaway
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In meson _build the '_build' argument is a name for the build directory: Meson will create the directory and you must run ninja either inside that directory or with "-C _build".

Jussi Kukkonen
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