for some reason I dockerized it and it works

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+from ubuntu:18.04
+
+RUN apt -y update && \
+        apt -y install build-essential pkg-config ninja-build python3 python3-pip python3-dev mpich
+RUN pip3 install meson numpy tensorflow flask cython
+RUN mkdir /workspace
+COPY bridge.pyx library.py server.py meson.build main.c /workspace/
+RUN cd /workspace && meson build && cd build && ninja
+WORKDIR /workspace