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authorKieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>2021-07-28 09:11:08 +0100
committerKieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>2021-08-25 21:35:03 +0100
commitd2783171dd9d25f7441bd5317fb2623c8f4b4d84 (patch)
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parentfe8b72a595c1c0e437a42b23410bbd24b19427fe (diff)
Documentation: application-developer: Clean up build instructions
The build and run instructions read as if meson is the only way to compile the application. Although this is recommended, it is not required - adapt the language to fit better. While here, fix the naming of the simple_cam meson object to match the other usages of 'simple-cam'. Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>
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@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ uses, so needs to do the following:
Build and run instructions
--------------------------
-To build the application, use the `Meson build system`_ which is also the
-official build system of the libcamera library.
+To build the application, we recommend that you use the `Meson build system`_
+which is also the official build system of the libcamera library.
Make sure both ``meson`` and ``libcamera`` are installed in your system. Please
refer to your distribution documentation to install meson and install the most
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ accordingly. In this example, the application file has been named
project('simple-cam', 'cpp')
- simpler_cam = executable('simple-cam',
+ simple_cam = executable('simple-cam',
'simple-cam.cpp',
dependencies: dependency('libcamera', required : true))