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 ## Building
 For a standard release build, you want something like:
 ```
-./bootstrap.sh
-./configure --disable-tests
-make
-make install
+meson setup -Dexamples=false -Dtests=disabled builddir
+ninja -C builddir
+ninja -C builddir install
 ```
 
 For a test / debug build, a typical configuration is
 ```
-./bootstrap.sh
-./configure --enable-tests --enable-coverage --enable-valgrind
-make
-make check
-make check-valgrind
-make check-code-coverage
+meson setup -Dtests=enabled builddir
+meson test -C builddir
 ```