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   gst-launch-1.0 libcamerasrc camera-name="Camera 1" ! videoconvert ! autovideosink
 
 .. section-end-getting-started
+
+Troubleshooting
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Several users have reported issues with meson installation, crux of the issue
+is a potential version mismatch between the version that root uses, and the
+version that the normal user uses. On calling `ninja -C build`, it can't find
+the build.ninja module. This the snippet of error message,
+
+:: 
+
+  ninja: Entering directory `build'     
+  ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': No such file or directory
+
+This can be solved in two ways: 
+
+1) Don't install meson again if it is already installed system-wide. 2) If a
+version of meson which is different from the system-wide version is already
+installed, uninstall that meson using pip3, and install again without the
+--user argument.
+
+Solution to this was installing meson as root, this is not ideal, and should be
+done as a last resort
+
+::
+
+  sudo pip3 install meson
+