tce-load -i compiletc meson vala-dev folks-dev libadwaita-dev libportal-dev libqrencode-dev gnome-online-accounts-dev desktop-file-utils appstream-glib

wget https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-contacts/45/gnome-contacts-45.1.tar.xz

cd gnome-contacts-45.1

mkdir build
cd build

CC="gcc -flto -mtune=generic -Os -pipe" CXX="g++ -flto -mtune=generic -Os -pipe -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" meson --prefix=/usr/local --localstatedir=/var --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib/gnome-contacts --buildtype=plain -Dmanpage=false

ninja [0m 51.98s]
sudo ninja install

/home/tc/.local/share/evolution/addressbook/system/contacts.db

gnome-contacts 45.1

  User defined options
    buildtype    : plain
    libexecdir   : /usr/local/lib/gnome-contacts
    localstatedir: /var
    prefix       : /usr/local
    manpage      : false