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wget https://download.gnome.org/sources/gnome-desktop/44/gnome-desktop-44.3.tar.xz

cd gnome-desktop-44.3

mkdir build
cd build

CC="gcc -march=armv8-a+crc -mtune=cortex-a72 -Os -pipe" CXX="g++ -march=armv8-a+crc -mtune=cortex-a72 -Os -pipe -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti" meson setup --prefix=/usr/local --localstatedir=/var --buildtype=plain -Ddesktop_docs=false -Ddebug_tools=false -Dsystemd=disabled -Dudev=disabled

[as of 3.21.4 requires udev hwdb]

ninja [0m 13.98s]
sudo ninja install

gnome-desktop 44.3

  Directories
    prefix                       : /usr/local
    datadir                      : /usr/local/share
    libexecdir                   : /usr/local/libexec
    localedir                    : /usr/local/share/locale
    versiondir                   : /usr/local/share/gnome

  Build options
    Use systemd                  : NO
    Use udev                     : NO
    Build GTK4 libraries         : YES
    Build legacy libgnome-desktop: YES
    Desktop documentation        : NO
    API documentation            : NO
    Debug tools                  : NO
    Installed tests              : NO

  User defined options
    buildtype                    : plain
    debug_tools                  : false
    desktop_docs                 : false
    localstatedir                : /var
    prefix                       : /usr/local
    systemd                      : disabled
    udev                         : disabled