libffi5 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "libffi5" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install libffi5 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libffi5 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "libffi5" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone libffi5's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libffi5.git 
            
                        
                ~/libffi5
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/libffi5 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/libffi5
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libffi5 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1397682
Name: libffi5
PackageBaseID: 58874
PackageBase: libffi5
Version: 3.0.13-1
Description: A portable, high level programming interface to various calling conventions (ABI version 5)
URL: http://sourceware.org/libffi
NumVotes: 32
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: trya
Submitter: trya
FirstSubmitted: 1335724767
LastModified: 1706833822
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libffi5.tar.gz