libffi7 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "libffi7" 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 libffi7 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall libffi7 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "libffi7" 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 libffi7's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/libffi7.git 
            
                        
                ~/libffi7
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/libffi7 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/libffi7
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libffi7 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 978614
Name: libffi7
PackageBaseID: 172215
PackageBase: libffi7
Version: 3.3-2
Description: Portable foreign function interface library (ABI version 7)
URL: http://sourceware.org/libffi
NumVotes: 14
Popularity: 0.291427
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: jwty
Submitter: jwty
FirstSubmitted: 1634703969
LastModified: 1635087632
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/libffi7.tar.gz