%general-entities; ]> libffi The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming interface to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to call any function specified by a call interface description at run time. &lfs81_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libffi-md5sum; Download size: &libffi-size; Estimated disk space required: &libffi-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libffi-time; libffi Dependencies Optional (required to run the testsuite) User Notes: Install libffi by running the following commands: sed -e '/^includesdir/ s/$(libdir).*$/$(includedir)/' \ -i include/Makefile.in && sed -e '/^includedir/ s/=.*$/=@includedir@/' \ -e 's/^Cflags: -I${includedir}/Cflags:/' \ -i libffi.pc.in && ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install sed ... include/Makefile.in and sed ... libffi.pc.in: Makes the package install headers into the standardized /usr/include instead of /usr/lib/libffi-&libffi-version;/include.. Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories None libffi.so None Short Descriptions libffi.so contains the libffi API functions. libffi.so