How to Install and Uninstall libffi-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "libffi-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libffi-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 tutorial shows how to uninstall libffi-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libffi-dev
Source: libffi
Version: 3.3-6
Installed-Size: 301
Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libffi7 (= 3.3-6)
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_3.3-6_amd64.deb
Size: 56504
MD5sum: 12401d9a3e60adf49209048d59dfb574
SHA256: ca2c71d9c68b1944b689606f12acf8023bad1b5083e8413894fd41ad0b977d20