Update/Add Ninja

[sd185233]

Tool information

• Tool name: Ninja
• Tool license:
• Add or update? Add
• Desired version:
• Approximate size:
• If this is an add request:
  • Brief description of tool: Used for fast C++ builds
  • URL for tool's homepage: https://ninja-build.org/
  • Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality:

Area for Triage:

Question, Bug, or Feature?:

Virtual environments affected

• macOS 10.15
• [ x] Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• [x ] Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• [x ] Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• [ x] Windows Server 2016 R2
• [x ] Windows Server 2019

Can this tool be installed during the build?
Yes, need to download and add to path

Tool installation time in runtime

Are you willing to submit a PR?

Also, are there any plans for a CentOS hosted runner?

[dibir-magomedsaygitov]

Hello, @sd185233.
Your request is a duplicate of #741. As were discussed in attached issue, currently we have no plans on adding ninja on our images.
I would like to suggest you to install ninja tool in runtime using the following steps:

# Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install ninja-build
# Windows
choco install ninja

As for your question related to centOS - currently we have no such plans. Different images and more flavors of existing images is something we're always considering. Unfortunately it is not possible for us to provide CentOS images at this time.

I'm going to close this issue, but if you have any questions feel free to contact us.

[marc-hb]

thanks for your suggestion but considering that it' easy to add Ninja to workflows on demand,...

I just asked runtime installation to be officially documented, please upvote:

• No official way to install ninja is documented #11235

Ever growing list of duplicates gathered at:

• Add Ninja build system to Mac, Linux and Windows #514 (comment)