-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -xe
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade meson --user
+# need to install as 'root' since some of the unit tests won't run without it
+sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade meson
+
+# setup hugepages
+cat /proc/meminfo
+sudo sh -c 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages'
+cat /proc/meminfo