id="meson-options">
   <title><literal>meson setup</literal> Options</title>

   <para>
    <command>meson setup</command>'s command-line options are explained below.
    This list is not exhaustive (use <literal>meson configure --help</literal>
    to get one that is).  The options not covered here are meant for advanced
    use-cases, and are documented in the standard <ulink
    url="https://mesonbuild.com/Commands.html#configure">Meson
    documentation</ulink>.  These arguments can be used with <command>meson
    setup</command> as well.
   </para>

   <sect3 id="meson-options-locations">
    <title>Installation Locations</title>

     <para>
      These options control where <literal>ninja install</literal> (or <literal>meson install</literal>) will put
      the files.  The <option>--prefix</option> option (example
      <xref linkend="install-short-meson"/>) is sufficient for
      most cases.  If you have special needs, you can customize the
      installation subdirectories with the other options described in this
      section.  Beware however that changing the relative locations of the
      different subdirectories may render the installation non-relocatable,
      meaning you won't be able to move it after installation.
      (The <literal>man</literal> and <literal>doc</literal> locations are
      not affected by this restriction.)  For relocatable installs, you
      might want to use the <literal>-Drpath=false</literal> option
      described later.
     </para>

     <variablelist>
      <varlistentry id="configure-prefix-meson">
       <term><option>--prefix=<replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable></option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Install all files under the directory <replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>
         instead of <filename>/usr/local/pgsql</filename> (on Unix based systems) or
         <filename><replaceable>current drive letter</replaceable>:/usr/local/pgsql</filename> (on Windows).
         The actual files will be installed into various subdirectories; no files
         will ever be installed directly into the
         <replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable> directory.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="configure-bindir-meson">
       <term><option>--bindir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Specifies the directory for executable programs. The default
         is <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>/bin</filename>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="configure-sysconfdir-meson">
       <term><option>--sysconfdir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Sets the directory for various configuration files,
         <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>/etc</filename> by default.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="configure-libdir-meson">
       <term><option>--libdir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Sets the location to install libraries and dynamically loadable
         modules. The default is
         <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>/lib</filename>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="configure-includedir-meson">
       <term><option>--includedir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Sets the directory for installing C and C++ header files. The
         default is <filename><replaceable>PREFIX</replaceable>/include</filename>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="configure-datadir-meson">
       <term><option>--datadir=<replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable></option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
         Sets the directory for read-only data files used by the
         installed programs. The default