On ubuntu 16.04 install from an install script does not work

[zlqhem]

Environment

• OS: Ubuntu 16.04
• Scrcpy version: 3.1
• Installation method: install_release.sh
• Device model:
• Android version: 14

Describe the bug

I followed instructions in the page https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy/blob/master/doc/linux.md

It failed with "No such file or directory **/setup"

# for Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install ffmpeg libsdl2-2.0-0 adb wget \
                 gcc git pkg-config meson ninja-build libsdl2-dev \
                 libavcodec-dev libavdevice-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev \
                 libswresample-dev libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 820 not upgraded.

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

scrcpy-server                      100%[==============================================================>]  88.52K  --.-KB/s    in 0.05s   

2025-01-09 20:06:31 (1.64 MB/s) - ‘scrcpy-server’ saved [90640/90640]

[scrcpy] Verifying prebuilt server...
scrcpy-server: OK
[scrcpy] Building client...
Error during basic setup:

[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/junhee/share/OMS/tools/scrcpy/scrcpy/setup'

Thanks.

[rom1v]

Sorry, Ubuntu 16.04 is 9 years old, and is not supported anymore. Your meson is too old, it does not recognize setup as a command in meson setup.

(as a workaround, you may just remove setup from meson setup it might work, but you'll probably get other errors)