How to Install and Uninstall meson Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 09,2025

You can also install and uninstall the meson on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "meson" package

This guide let you learn how to install meson on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "meson" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall meson on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the meson package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: meson
Architecture: all
Version: 0.61.2-1
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: 3255
Depends: python3:any (>= 3.7~), ninja-build (>= 1.6), python3-pkg-resources, python3-distutils
Recommends: dpkg-dev
Filename: pool/universe/m/meson/meson_0.61.2-1_all.deb
Size: 518618
MD5sum: ca899f3b1ac841d7be10263a7bac8268
SHA1: fafa35ab83906b7b75d805cbe14bbc6ed5d21023
SHA256: 54d4a5b9f2c82c37a5ce0bce9027c623aab5505437d87f12fa858ecf32d0b506
SHA512: ed0a7ff9af1a91abc34dd043956e279af4d7530fe2a52a782005f49c1a1c42e92a73ce50fb8598332241ba64cb90c70fc6bfd99daeb08fde068512bf53c4a412
Homepage: https://mesonbuild.com
Description: high-productivity build system
Description-md5: 05e8ad52532257641a3b106a0836e789