diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "girs"]
+	path = girs
+	url = https://github.com/nemequ/vala-girs.git
+	branch = master
+[submodule "extra-vapis"]
+	path = extra-vapis
+	url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala-extra-vapis.git
+[submodule "extra-vapis/"]
+	branch = master
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+++ b/build.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+#find vapidir
+vapidir="/usr/share/vala-`vala --api-version | awk -F. '{ print "0."$$2 }'`/vapi"
+
+# build and install binaries
+meson setup --prefix=/usr/local build
+meson compile -C build
+sudo meson install -C build
+
+generator \
+  --vapidir=$vapi \
+  --vapidir=$(pwd)/extra-vapis/ \
+  --vapidir=girs/vala/vapi/ \
+  --prefix=stable \
+  --target-glib 2.98 \
+  --download-images \
+  --no-check-certificate \
+  --disable-devhelp --skip-existing \
+  --doclet=./libdoclet.so \
+  glib-2.0 gobject-2.0 gio-2.0 #--all
+
diff --git a/extra-vapis b/extra-vapis
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+++ b/extra-vapis
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a53319e7cd8564712ddd550867b1a1af9317b75b
diff --git a/girs b/girs
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+++ b/girs
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+Subproject commit 167d367f42d6d3e218480b87c91fc4f3dcbc4107
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
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+++ b/meson.build
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+project('valadoc-org', 'vala', 'c')
+
+libgee_dep = dependency('gee-0.8')
+valadoc_dep = dependency('valadoc-0.56')
+gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0')
+glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0')
+gobject_dep = dependency('gobject-2.0')
+
+subdir('src')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
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+standard_deps = [glib_dep, gobject_dep]
+doclet_deps = standard_deps + [libgee_dep, valadoc_dep]
+generator_deps = doclet_deps + [gio_dep]
+
+valadoc_example_gen_sources = [
+  'valadoc-example-parser.vala',
+  'valadoc-example-gen.vala',
+]
+valadoc_example_gen = executable('valadoc-example-gen', valadoc_example_gen_sources,
+  dependencies: standard_deps,
+  install: true,
+)
+
+valadoc_example_tester_sources = [
+  'valadoc-example-parser.vala',
+  'valadoc-example-tester.vala',
+]
+valadoc_example_tester = executable('valadoc-example-tester', valadoc_example_tester_sources,
+  dependencies: standard_deps,
+  install: true,
+)
+
+libdoclet_sources = [
+  'doclet.vala',
+  'linkhelper.vala',
+]
+libdoclet = shared_library('doclet', libdoclet_sources,
+  dependencies: doclet_deps,
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: meson.source_root(),
+)
+
+generator_sources = [
+  'doclet.vala',
+  'linkhelper.vala',
+  'generator.vala',
+]
+generator = executable('generator', generator_sources,
+  dependencies: generator_deps,
+  install: true,
+)
+
+configgen_sources = [
+  'configgen.vala',
+]
+configgen = executable('configgen', configgen_sources,
+  dependencies: standard_deps + [meson.get_compiler('vala').find_library('config', dirs: meson.current_source_dir())],
+  c_args: ['-D', 'datadir="' + get_option('datadir') + '"'],
+  install: true,
+)
+