How To Install jffi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install jffi in Fedora 36. jffi is Java Foreign Function Interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jffi on Fedora 36.

What is `jffi`

An optimized Java interface to libffi.

We can use yum or dnf to install jffi on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jffi.

Install jffi on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install jffi

Install jffi on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install jffi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jffi

How To Uninstall jffi on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the jffi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove jffi

jffi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/java/jffi
/usr/lib/java/jffi.jar
/usr/lib/java/jffi/jffi.jar
/usr/share/licenses/jffi
/usr/share/licenses/jffi/COPYING.GPL
/usr/share/licenses/jffi/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/licenses/jffi/LICENSE
/usr/share/maven-metadata/jffi.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/jffi
/usr/share/maven-poms/jffi.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/jffi/jffi.pom

References

jffi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jffi on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).