If instance admins are having trouble getting the correct version of #libvips, here is a little gist that could help for 22.04:
https://gist.github.com/nolanlawson/b9813bcc4e2e2be8761a8b20811926b8

Currently I am looking into upgrading ffmpeg to 7.1.1 with https://yawnbox.is/blog/upgrade-ffmpeg-for-mastodon-fediverse/

If someone has already done it that way I would love some confirms!

Setting up libvips on Ubuntu 22.04 for Mastodon

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