How to Install and Uninstall libffi-dev Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libffi-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libffi-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libffi-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libffi-dev package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libffi-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.4.4-1
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: 320
Depends: libffi8 (= 3.4.4-1)
Conflicts: libffi4-dev
Filename: pool/main/libf/libffi/libffi-dev_3.4.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 62218
MD5sum: a84ede38ca7e79c38d1cb88c56d08700
SHA1: 1ff2ce979882b2f0c77029aa58fd2e6cf629bad2
SHA256: 4a1452317c275b61c6bd5610a9027e2ad268fbfaa4e4e4215bd13a59cde0a211
SHA512: 440c943b4cd3b788c80caf663e3585418435e316c839113d78883b514b95ed1747c90ea26a2d74b642424e3dba7467b0356d44bad038d50114004679da94ece7
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/libffi/
Description: Foreign Function Interface library (development files)
Description-md5: cb5b8c2fd242772cae1be91db134642c
Task: lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-unity-desktop