old version meson doesn't support compile sub-command

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README.md guide to compiling with meson compile -C build.
But old meson doesn't support the compile sub-command.

$ meson compile -C build
usage: meson [-h] {setup,configure,dist,install,introspect,init,test,wrap,subprojects,help,rewrite} ...
meson: error: unrecognized arguments: -C build

compile sub-command supported after 0.54.0.
https://mesonbuild.com/Commands.html#compile

But, Ubuntu 20.04 official apt repository has a meson with version 0.32.2.

$ lsb_release -d
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS

$ apt search meson
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
elpa-meson-mode/focal 0.2-1 all
  Major mode for the Meson build system files

meson/focal,now 0.53.2-2ubuntu2 all [installed]
  high-productivity build system

A workaround is ninja -C build.
README.md and doc (below link) need to include a workaround or guide to installing the latest meson (e.g., pip instead of apt).
https://docs.pmem.io/ndctl-user-guide/installing-ndctl/installing-ndctl-from-source-on-linux