How to Install and Uninstall libffi8 Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libffi8" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libffi8 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libffi8 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libffi8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.4.4-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: libs
Source: libffi
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 68
Provides: libffi8ubuntu1 (= 3.4.4-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27)
Breaks: libffi8ubuntu1 (<< 3.4.2-1)
Replaces: libffi8ubuntu1 (<< 3.4.2-1)
Filename: pool/main/libf/libffi/libffi8_3.4.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 23818
MD5sum: acaf46c8d773f3b5c1a416c09ee80e0a
SHA1: b4df18c1add82dde37cd044b32650371743852f1
SHA256: c663761805c7527d60a7dc8f2ad31af6b8ee4d7ba5d005aa62609a3566142814
SHA512: 4d01f7822c8ee4da0444c5b473bb1db582584be218fb7bf3a4ab0de6353516c0be84bba86143a6dfbe73271f8eedfc96f0a04a26fc056dbf306e6eb4379f3ace
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/libffi/
Description: Foreign Function Interface library runtime
Description-md5: aa11fa9e12227fc9a1de7b2cb193c270
Task: minimal, server-minimal, cloud-minimal
Build-Essential: yes