How to Install and Uninstall libffi8 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libffi8 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libffi8" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libffi8 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libffi8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libffi8" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libffi8 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libffi8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libffi8 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libffi8
Source: libffi
Version: 3.4.4-1
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libffi8ubuntu1 (<< 3.4.2-1)
Provides: libffi8ubuntu1 (= 3.4.4-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Breaks: libffi8ubuntu1 (<< 3.4.2-1)
Description: Foreign Function Interface library runtime
Description-md5: aa11fa9e12227fc9a1de7b2cb193c270
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/libffi/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libf/libffi/libffi8_3.4.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 22856
MD5sum: 00818ad9c6c9af6929e58bfd27e3c993
SHA256: 6d9f6c25c30efccce6d4bceaa48ea86c329a3432abb360a141f76ac223a4c34a