Build a Discord Bot Using Meson

1. Toolchain

Before compiling, you will need to install meson on your system. To be sure that meson is installed, you can type the following command:

meson --version
0.63.2

2. Create a Meson project

First, you'll need to go ahead and create an empty directory, we'll call it meson-project.

Then, run this command:

meson init -l cpp

3. Configuring Your Meson Project

Add the following line after the project() line in your meson.build file.

dpp = dependency('dpp')

Add the following line in the executable section of your meson.build file.

dependencies: [dpp]

Change the cpp_std value in the project() to c++17. Your meson.build should look like this:

your meson.build should look like this.

project('discord-bot', 'cpp',
  version : '0.1',
  default_options : ['warning_level=3',
                     'cpp_std=c++17'])
 
dpp = dependency('dpp')
 
exe = executable('discord', 'discord_bot.cpp',
  install : true, dependencies: [dpp])
 
test('basic', exe)

Meson automatically generates a cpp for your project. And a test suite.

4. Building

To build a Meson project, run the following:

meson setup builddir
meson compile -C builddir

Now, your Meson project should be all setup!

Have fun!