How to Install and Uninstall meson Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "meson" package

Please follow the instructions below to install meson on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "meson" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall meson on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                meson
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the meson package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: meson
Architecture: all
Version: 0.53.2-2ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jussi Pakkanen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2352
Depends: python3:any (>= 3.7~), ninja-build (>= 1.6)
Filename: pool/universe/m/meson/meson_0.53.2-2ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 375904
MD5sum: 224d202401cbd1cece70f3c51f8af32d
SHA1: ba3e4d569fd97ba3bdf5b29ec0af625b28289e2c
SHA256: 0bdfbb5f0e11048544ba20fc34faf735b634243b9b7ce3b9457175f08175864a
Homepage: https://mesonbuild.com
Description: high-productivity build system
Description-md5: 05e8ad52532257641a3b106a0836e789