How To Install libffi-c-perl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffi-c-perl on Debian 12.
What is libffi-c-perl
libffi-c-perl is:
FFI::C provide tools for building classes to interface for common C data types. Arrays, struct, union and nested types based on those are supported.
Core FFI::Platypus also provides FFI::Platypus::Record for manipulating and passing structured data. Typically you want to use FFI::C instead, the main exception is when you need to pass structured data by value instead of by reference.
To work with C APIs that work with C file pointers you can use FFI::C::File and FFI::C::PosixFile. For C APIs that expose the POSIX stat structure use FFI::C::Stat.
There are three methods to install libffi-c-perl on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libffi-c-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libffi-c-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffi-c-perl
Install libffi-c-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffi-c-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffi-c-perl
Install libffi-c-perl Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libffi-c-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffi-c-perl
How To Uninstall libffi-c-perl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libffi-c-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffi-c-perl
Uninstall libffi-c-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffi-c-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffi-c-perl
Remove libffi-c-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libffi-c-perl configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffi-c-perl
Remove libffi-c-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffi-c-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffi-c-perl
Dependencies
libffi-c-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffi-c-perl package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
