Setting up libvips on Ubuntu 22.04 for Mastodon

libvips-mastodon.sh

# partially taken from https://github.com/libvips/libvips/wiki/Build-for-Ubuntu
sudo apt remove -y libvips42
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y libcgif-dev \
    build-essential \
    ninja-build \
    bc \
    wget \
    libfftw3-dev \
    libopenexr-dev \
    libgsf-1-dev \
    libglib2.0-dev \
    liborc-dev \
    libopenslide-dev \
    libmatio-dev \
    libwebp-dev \
    libjpeg-turbo8-dev \
    libexpat1-dev \
    libexif-dev \
    libtiff5-dev \
    libcfitsio-dev \
    libpoppler-glib-dev \
    librsvg2-dev \
    libpango1.0-dev \
    libopenjp2-7-dev \
    liblcms2-dev \
    libimagequant-dev \
    libheif-dev \
    meson

# the libvips docs suggest installing the latest meson but it seems the apt version is fine
# sudo apt install -y python3-pip
# sudo pip3 install meson

VIPS_VERSION='8.16.0'
wget "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/download/v${VIPS_VERSION}/vips-${VIPS_VERSION}.tar.xz"
tar -xf "vips-${VIPS_VERSION}.tar.xz"
cd "vips-${VIPS_VERSION}"

# via https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/30571
meson setup build --libdir=lib --buildtype=release -Ddeprecated=false -Dintrospection=disabled -Dmodules=disabled -Dexamples=false
cd build
meson compile
meson test
sudo meson install

vips --version

# now you can uninstall with `sudo ninja uninstall` in the `build/` directory