How to Install and Uninstall libffi-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libffi-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libffi-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libffi-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libffi-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libffi-dev
Source: libffi
Version: 3.4.4-1
Installed-Size: 315
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libffi8 (= 3.4.4-1)
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_3.4.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 59376
MD5sum: 512330bd76f8b7c0c199a030fa316adb
SHA256: 89fb890aee5148f4d308a46cd8980a54fd44135f068f05b38a6ad06800bf6df3