tce-load -i compiletc meson gnome-desktop-dev gettext-dev desktop-file-utils

# gettext-dev for translations and desktop-file-utils for
# correct functioning of `sudo ninja install` command and post install script

cd gnome-font-viewer-3.34.0

mkdir build
cd build

CC="gcc -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -mtune=generic -Os -pipe" \
CXX="g++ -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -mtune=generic -Os -pipe -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" \
meson --prefix=/usr/local --localstatedir=/var --buildtype=plain

ninja
sudo ninja install

Output at build time :
The Meson build system
Version: 0.55.0
Source dir: /home/tc/Downloads/gnome-font-viewer-3.34.0
Build dir: /home/tc/Downloads/gnome-font-viewer-3.34.0/build
Build type: native build
Project name: gnome-font-viewer
Project version: 3.34.0
Using 'CC' from environment with value: 'gcc -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -mtune=generic -Os -pipe'
Using 'CC' from environment with value: 'gcc -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -mtune=generic -Os -pipe'
C compiler for the host machine: gcc -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -mtune=generic -Os -pipe (gcc 9.2.0 "gcc (GCC) 9.2.0")
C linker for the host machine: gcc -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -mtune=generic -Os -pipe ld.bfd 2.33.1
Host machine cpu family: x86_64
Host machine cpu: x86_64
Found pkg-config: /usr/local/bin/pkg-config (0.29.2)
Run-time dependency glib-2.0 found: YES 2.64.0
Run-time dependency gtk+-3.0 found: YES 3.24.13
Run-time dependency harfbuzz found: YES 2.6.4
Run-time dependency fontconfig found: YES 2.13.1
Run-time dependency freetype2 found: YES 22.0.16
Run-time dependency gnome-desktop-3.0 found: YES 3.36.0
Library m found: YES
Configuring config.h using configuration
Found pkg-config: /usr/local/bin/pkg-config (0.29.2)
Configuring org.gnome.font-viewer.service using configuration
Program meson-postinstall.sh found: YES (/bin/sh /home/tc/Downloads/gnome-font-viewer-3.34.0/meson-postinstall.sh)
Build targets in project: 9

Found ninja-1.10.0 at /usr/local/bin/ninja