How to Install and Uninstall libffi-dev Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libffi-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libffi-dev on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libffi-dev on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: libffi-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.4.2-4
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: 328
Depends: libffi8 (= 3.4.2-4)
Conflicts: libffi4-dev
Filename: pool/main/libf/libffi/libffi-dev_3.4.2-4_amd64.deb
Size: 63712
MD5sum: 6986db19c4b087028dc1b0b999dde722
SHA1: 92e7af20a2a08cdb5631a35157bbf3d095f2352d
SHA256: 41995a2341a425d2bf74be3ade3a73e66922be181f7b60ae29d6762c37493fc2
SHA512: 7eb262afa0689229db22a1ea15756efe455c3e550ce21620c57b19e71178c849f0fc1fe4d9fcaaf8100545ca1c44200673ebdc4bfef31c22642f7d9aeeaaf1b4
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/libffi/
Description: Foreign Function Interface library (development files)
Description-md5: cb5b8c2fd242772cae1be91db134642c
Task: lubuntu-desktop