Only works on linux

sudo apt update sudo apt install -y
build-essential
ninja-build
python3-pip
pkg-config
libglib2.0-dev
libexpat1-dev
librsvg2-dev
libpng-dev
libjpeg-dev
libtiff-dev
libexif-dev
liblcms2-dev
libheif-dev
libwebp-dev

sudo apt update sudo apt install -y meson ninja-build

cd /tmp wget https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/download/v8.18.0/vips-8.18.0.tar.xz tar xf vips-8.18.0.tar.xz cd vips-8.18.0

cd /tmp/vips-8.15.1

meson setup build --libdir=lib --buildtype=release

Compile

cd build meson compile

Install to the system

sudo meson install

Refresh library cache

sudo ldconfig

Refresh Shell Hash

hash -r