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 To build the PLDM project, follow these steps:
 
 ```bash
-meson setup build && ninja -C build
+meson setup build && meson compile -C build
 ```
 
 ### To run unit tests
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 The simplest way of running the tests is as described by the meson man page:
 
 ```bash
-meson setup builddir && meson setup test -C builddir
+meson test -C build
 ```
 
 Alternatively, tests can be run in the OpenBMC CI docker container using