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wget https://www.freedesktop.org/software/appstream/releases/AppStream-0.16.4.tar.xz

cd AppStream-0.16.4

mkdir build
cd build

CC="gcc -flto -mtune=generic -Os -pipe" CXX="g++ -flto -mtune=generic -Os -pipe -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" meson setup --prefix=/usr/local --localstatedir=/var --buildtype=plain -Dvapi=true -Dapidocs=false -Dinstall-docs=false -Dsystemd=false

ninja [0m 23.49s]
sudo ninja install

AppStream 0.16.4

  User defined options
    apidocs      : false
    buildtype    : plain
    install-docs : false
    localstatedir: /var
    prefix       : /usr/local
    systemd      : false
    vapi         : true