How To Install libffi-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffi-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libffi-devel is Development files for libffi

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffi-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libffi-devel

The libffi-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libffi.

We can use yum or dnf to install libffi-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libffi-devel.

Install libffi-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libffi-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libffi-devel

Install libffi-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libffi-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libffi-devel

How To Uninstall libffi-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libffi-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libffi-devel

libffi-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/ffi-i386.h
/usr/include/ffi.h
/usr/include/ffitarget-i386.h
/usr/include/ffitarget.h
/usr/lib/libffi.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libffi.pc
/usr/share/info/libffi.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ffi.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ffi_call.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ffi_prep_cif.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ffi_prep_cif_var.3.gz
/usr/include/ffi-x86_64.h
/usr/include/ffi.h
/usr/include/ffitarget-x86_64.h
/usr/include/ffitarget.h
/usr/lib64/libffi.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/libffi.pc
/usr/share/info/libffi.info.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ffi.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ffi_call.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ffi_prep_cif.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ffi_prep_cif_var.3.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libffi-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.