How To Install libffi6-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffi6-dbg
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libffi6-dbg
libffi6-dbg 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 libffi6-dbg
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libffi6-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libffi6-dbg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffi6-dbg
Install libffi6-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffi6-dbg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffi6-dbg
Install libffi6-dbg 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 libffi6-dbg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffi6-dbg
How To Uninstall libffi6-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libffi6-dbg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffi6-dbg
Uninstall libffi6-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffi6-dbg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffi6-dbg
Remove libffi6-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libffi6-dbg
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffi6-dbg
Remove libffi6-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffi6-dbg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffi6-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffi6-dbg
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.