How To Install libffcall-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffcall-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libffcall-dev
libffcall-dev is:
ffcall is a collection of libraries which can be used to build foreign function call interfaces in embedded interpreters.
The main libffcall library consists of two parts:
avcall - calling C functions with variable arguments
callback - closures with variable arguments as first-class C functions
The avcall and callback modules are also provided as separate libraries, but those are deprecated and are installed only for backward compatibility.
Two other libraries are provided:
vacall - C functions accepting variable argument prototypes
(non-reentrant variant of part of 'callback')
trampoline - closures as first-class C functions
(non-reentrant variant of part of 'callback')
This package also includes documentation, in HTML format and as manual pages.
There are three methods to install libffcall-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libffcall-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libffcall-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffcall-dev
Install libffcall-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffcall-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffcall-dev
Install libffcall-dev 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 libffcall-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffcall-dev
How To Uninstall libffcall-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libffcall-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffcall-dev
Uninstall libffcall-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffcall-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffcall-dev
Remove libffcall-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libffcall-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffcall-dev
Remove libffcall-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffcall-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffcall-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffcall-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.