Scrcpy: ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': No such file or directory

[varunchandran333]

ninja: error: loading 'build.ninja': No such file or directory

[rom1v]

Not enough information. What system, what did you execute exactly?

[varunchandran333]

Followed these steps mentioned in the wiki

sudo apt install ffmpeg libsdl2-2.0.0

# client build dependencies
sudo apt install make gcc pkg-config meson \
             libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev \
             libsdl2-dev

# server build dependencies
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk

Clone the project:

git clone https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
cd scrcpy

Then, build:

meson x --buildtype release --strip -Db_lto=true
cd x
ninja  # --> **gives this error**

_I am using Ubuntu 16.04_

[rom1v]

What was the output of:

meson x --buildtype release --strip -Db_lto=true

What is the content of the x directory after this command?

ls x

[varunchandran333]

ls x ---> meson-logs meson-private
meson x --buildtype release --strip -Db_lto=true ---->Meson version is 0.29.0 but project requires >= 0.37.
its not worked that way so i used
pip3 install meson

[rom1v]

its not worked that way so i used pip3 install meson

Then, it worked?

[varunchandran333]

No... now i am facing this issue....

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 6:27 PM, Romain Vimont [e-mail]
wrote:

its not worked that way so i used pip3 install meson

Then, it worked?

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[rom1v]

Once you installed a newer meson via pip3, what was the result of:

meson x --buildtype release --strip -Db_lto=true

?

[varunchandran333]

I have already mentioned that before.. it gives this ---> Meson version is 0.29.0 but project requires >= 0.37. ERROR

[rom1v]

The version from pip3 should not be 0.29.

sudo apt-get remove meson
sudo pip3 install meson

[varunchandran333]

sudo apt-get remove meson
sudo pip3 install meson

after this
if we do -------->meson x --buildtype release --strip -Db_lto=true
gives this error

If we do -----> cd x----------> ninja gives this error

[rom1v]

If meson fails, this is a problem, do not even try to execute the next commands.

So you installed meson via pip3, but meson does not exist… Did pip3 install meson worked as expected?

Does meson.py exists instead?

meson.py x --buildtype release --strip -Db_lto=true

[varunchandran333]

Did pip3 install meson worked as expected? I dont Know I have shown already what i got as result...

meson.py: command not found

Does meson.py exists instead? NO

[rom1v]

Did pip3 install meson worked as expected? I dont Know I have shown already what i got as result

I think you did not post the output of:

sudo pip3 install meson

[varunchandran333]

The directory '/home/varun/.cache/pip/http' or its parent directory is not
owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check the
permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you
may want sudo's -H flag.
The directory '/home/varun/.cache/pip' or its parent directory is not owned
by the current user and caching wheels has been disabled. check the
permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you
may want sudo's -H flag.
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): meson in
/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages
You are using pip version 8.1.1, however version 10.0.0 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.

This is what getting now..

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 4:21 PM, Romain Vimont [e-mail]
wrote:

Did pip3 install meson worked as expected? I dont Know I have shown
already what i got as result

I think you did not post the output of:

sudo pip3 install meson

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[anborc]

try
$ sudo ninja
instead of
$ ninja

[johnsie]

Any luck with this procedure? I'm planning to do an Ubuntu build tonight and hoping to use this thread as a guide. Last time I tried I ran into similar issues. I think the official build instructions would be clearer if separated into just showing the full build procedure for each OS/Distro.

[rom1v]

Do you still have the problem?