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 Libffi-&libffi-version; libffi <para>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.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&libffi-ch6-sbu;</seg> <seg>&libffi-ch6-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Libffi Modify the Makefile to install headers into the standard /usr/include directory instead of /usr/lib/libffi-3.2.1/include. 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 Prepare libffi for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static Compile the package: make To test the results, issue: make check Install the package: make install Contents of Libffi Installed library libffi.so Short Descriptions libffi contains the libffi API functions. libffi