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rfe: please provide meson uninstall

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#12,611 opened on Dec 8, 2023

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Description

ninja uninstall seems to already work. But normally the one does: meson compile --verbose sudo meson install and so on.

If there is meson uninstall, seems there will be no need for me to ever call ninja directly.

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PythonMeson build systemGitBasic command line usage
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60
Research direction
Review the existing implementations of `meson compile` and `meson install` in the Meson source code (likely in `mesonbuild/`). Check the ninja backend to see how `ninja uninstall` is invoked. Look for any existing discussion or linked PRs in the issue comments. Consider adding a new command that calls `ninja uninstall` with appropriate arguments, following the pattern of other commands.
rfe: please provide meson uninstall · mesonbuild/meson#12611 | Good First Issue