How To Install libffi8 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffi8
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libffi8
libffi8 is:
A foreign function interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code written in one language to call code written in another language.
There are three methods to install libffi8
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libffi8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libffi8
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffi8
Install libffi8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffi8
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffi8
Install libffi8 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libffi8
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffi8
How To Uninstall libffi8 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libffi8
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffi8
Uninstall libffi8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffi8
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffi8
Remove libffi8 Configurations and Data
To remove libffi8
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffi8
Remove libffi8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffi8
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffi8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffi8
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.