libffi6 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libffi6" 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 libffi6 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libffi6 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "libffi6" 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 libffi6's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libffi6.git 
            
                        
                ~/libffi6
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/libffi6 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/libffi6
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libffi6 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 719490
Name: libffi6
PackageBaseID: 151371
PackageBase: libffi6
Version: 3.2.1-1
Description: A portable, high level programming interface to various calling conventions (ABI version 6)
URL: http://sourceware.org/libffi
NumVotes: 5
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: oefd
Submitter: oefd
FirstSubmitted: 1586614369
LastModified: 1586614369
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libffi6.tar.gz