How to Install and Uninstall libffi-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "libffi-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libffi-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libffi-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libffi-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libffi-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libffi-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libffi-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libffi-dev
Source: libffi
Version: 3.2.1-9
Installed-Size: 360
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libffi6 (= 3.2.1-9), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Conflicts: libffi4-dev
Description: Foreign Function Interface library (development files)
Description-md5: cb5b8c2fd242772cae1be91db134642c
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/libffi/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libf/libffi/libffi-dev_3.2.1-9_amd64.deb
Size: 156476
MD5sum: ab5136c131ebd46c95ad6468790f5a51
SHA256: 643bf19e859c9bf8f61033e48d7ba73c114039efbe851f407356edab396af317