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## Installing Meson with pip
Meson is also available in the [Python Package Index] and can be
installed with `pip3 install meson` to install it system-wide and requires root.
Meson is available in the [Python Package Index] and can be installed with
`pip3 install meson` which requires root and will install it system-wide.
Alternatively, you can use `pip3 install --user meson` which will install it
for your user and does not require any special privileges. This will install
the package in `~/.local/`, so you will have to add `~/.local/bin` to your
`PATH`.
## Installing Meson and Ninja with the MSI installer
We provide an MSI installer on the [GitHub release page] that can be used to
install both Meson and Ninja at once for Windows. It also contains an embedded
copy of Python, so scripts that use the [Python module](Python-module.md) and
do not have any external dependencies will continue to work as expected.
Please note that this is a new feature, so bug reports are expected and welcome!
## Dependencies
In the most common case, you will need the [Ninja executable] for using the