How to Install and Uninstall libffi-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libffi-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libffi-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall libffi-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libffi-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Source: libffi
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 307
Depends: libffi8ubuntu1 (= 3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3)
Conflicts: libffi4-dev
Filename: pool/main/libf/libffi/libffi-dev_3.4~20200819gead65ca871-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 57548
MD5sum: 61c7ac7dbc422f7d7609016d14bc45d5
SHA1: 31674e5e61d200ebb54bda16ca5be36b85363b82
SHA256: f7ae212790a7da7cd84bf452b29f495355f8867a34fee3cb5cccf66c218d9b7a
SHA512: 74fdbaa568ada6a99a7a4b1302ee87c8f9309d46488f8efcb2ebd6b5fd1570649ec1f1e718b4e83741e83e66116fbacbb5751befd93221c5a852491328d52f09
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/libffi/
Description-en: Foreign Function Interface library (development files)
This package contains the headers and static library files necessary for
building programs which use libffi.
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A foreign function interface is the popular name for the interface that
allows code written in one language to call code written in another
language.
Description-md5: cb5b8c2fd242772cae1be91db134642c