%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ libffi-&libffi-version; libffi Introduction to 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. &lfs75_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; Additional Downloads Required patch: libffi Dependencies Optional (required to run the testsuite) User Notes: Installation of libffi Install libffi by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../libffi-&libffi-version;-includedir-1.patch && ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install Command Explanations Contents Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories None libffi.so None Short Descriptions libffi.so contains the libffi API functions. libffi.so