sudo apt-get install libgirepository1.0-dev
```
-And then run autogen.sh (if building from git), and then:
+And then run `meson setup` and make sure that `Introspection` is reported
+enabled in output.
-```bash
-./configure --with-gobject --enable-introspection
-```
-
-Make sure that gobject-introspection is enabled then in the final report.
+If you are building with Visual Studio, it is recommended that Visual Studio
+2019 or later is used for this build, for the best build experience.
Compile and install.
-Make sure you have the installation lib dir in LD_LIBRARY_PATH, as needed
+Make sure you have the installation lib dir in `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` (or the
+installation DLL dir in `PATH` for Windows systems), as needed
for the linker to find the library.
-Then make sure you also have GI_TYPELIB_PATH pointing to the resulting
-$prefix/lib/girepository-* directory.
+Then make sure you also have `GI_TYPELIB_PATH` pointing to the resulting
+`$prefix/lib/girepository-*` directory.
Make sure you have pygobject installed. Then check that the following
-import works in your Python interpretter:
+import works in your Python interpreter:
```python
from gi.repository import HarfBuzz
```
If it does, you are ready to call HarfBuzz from Python! Congratulations.
-See src/sample.py.
+See [`src/sample.py`](src/sample.py).
The Python API will change. Let us know on the mailing list if you are
using it, and send lots of feedback.