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libffi Foreign Function Interface
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Maintainer: kbowling@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
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Last Update: 2025-06-12 11:22:44
Commit Hash: 7cc912c
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License: MIT
WWW:
https://sourceware.org/libffi/
Description:
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.
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. @ldconfig
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/libffi-3.5.1/catalog.mk
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/libffi-3.5.1/LICENSE
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/libffi-3.5.1/MIT
  5. include/ffi.h
  6. include/ffitarget.h
  7. lib/libffi.a
  8. lib/libffi.so
  9. lib/libffi.so.8
  10. lib/libffi.so.8.2.0
  11. libdata/pkgconfig/libffi.pc
  12. share/man/man3/ffi.3.gz
  13. share/man/man3/ffi_call.3.gz
  14. share/man/man3/ffi_prep_cif.3.gz
  15. share/man/man3/ffi_prep_cif_var.3.gz
  16. @owner
  17. @group
  18. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • libffi>0:devel/libffi
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/devel/libffi/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/libffi
  • pkg install libffi
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: libffi
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1749727067 SHA256 (libffi-3.5.1.tar.gz) = f99eb68a67c7d54866b7706af245e87ba060d419a062474b456d3bc8d4abdbd1 SIZE (libffi-3.5.1.tar.gz) = 1419757
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
libffi
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest3.5.13.5.13.3_13.5.13.5.1n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly3.5.13.5.13.4.43.5.13.5.1n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest3.5.13.5.13.4.43.5.13.5.13.4.4-3.4.4
FreeBSD:14:quarterly3.5.13.5.1-3.5.13.5.13.4.43.4.43.4.4
FreeBSD:15:latest3.5.13.5.1n/a3.5.1n/an/a3.4.4_13.4.4_1
FreeBSD:15:quarterly3.5.13.5.1n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest3.5.13.5.1n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Test dependencies:
  1. runtest : misc/dejagnu
Runtime dependencies:
  1. indexinfo : print/indexinfo
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. lang/ruby33
  2. lang/ruby34
  3. lang/ruby40
  4. lang/sagittarius-scheme

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. lang/ruby19*
  2. lang/ruby20*
  3. lang/ruby21*
  4. lang/ruby22*
  5. lang/ruby23*
  6. lang/ruby24*
  7. lang/ruby25*
  8. lang/ruby26*
  9. lang/ruby27*
  10. lang/ruby30*
  11. lang/ruby31*
  12. lang/ruby32*
  13. lang/ruby35*
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for Libraries
  1. biology/abyss
  2. cad/hs-verismith
  3. cad/lepton-eda
  4. cad/nvc
  5. cad/opencascade
  6. cad/yosys
  7. cad/yosys-ghdl-plugin
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  2. cad/yosys-systemverilog
  3. converters/hs-aeson-pretty
  4. converters/hs-dhall-bash
  5. converters/hs-dhall-json
  6. converters/hs-dhall-yaml
  7. deskutils/hs-arbtt
  8. devel/criterion
  9. devel/ctypes.sh
  10. devel/electron37
  11. devel/electron38
  12. devel/electron39
  13. devel/electron40
  14. devel/electron41
  15. devel/elm-format
  16. devel/g-golf
  17. devel/g-wrap
  18. devel/glib20
  19. devel/gobject-introspection
  20. devel/hs-ShellCheck
  21. devel/hs-alex
  22. devel/hs-cabal-install
  23. devel/hs-cabal-plan
  24. devel/hs-cpphs
  25. devel/hs-darcs
  26. devel/hs-ghc-events
  27. devel/hs-ghcprofview
  28. devel/hs-ghcup
  29. devel/hs-git-annex
  30. devel/hs-git-brunch
  31. devel/hs-hadolint
  32. devel/hs-happy
  33. devel/hs-haskell-language-server
  34. devel/hs-hasktags
  35. devel/hs-hlint
  36. devel/hs-hoogle
  37. devel/hs-hpack
  38. devel/hs-hspec-discover
  39. devel/hs-mueval
  40. devel/hs-ormolu
  41. devel/hs-profiteur
  42. devel/hs-shake
  43. devel/hs-threadscope
  44. devel/hyprwire
  45. devel/libgnt
  46. devel/lua-lgi
  47. devel/p5-FFI-Platypus
  48. devel/p5-Glib-Object-Introspection
  49. devel/php82-ffi
  50. devel/php83-ffi
  51. devel/php84-ffi
  52. devel/php85-ffi
  53. devel/py-cffi
  54. devel/py-pygobject
  55. devel/pygobject-common
  56. devel/rubygem-ffi
  57. devel/rubygem-fiddle
  58. devel/stack
  59. devel/wasmer
  60. editors/vscode
  61. emulators/einstein-newton
  62. finance/hs-hledger
  63. finance/hs-hledger-ui
  64. finance/hs-hledger-web
  65. games/hs-scroll
  66. games/lwjgl3
  67. graphics/gowall
  68. graphics/hs-tart
  69. graphics/openfx-arena
  70. graphics/wayland
  71. lang/cbqn
  72. lang/cjs
  73. lang/crystal
  74. lang/dhall
  75. lang/ecl
  76. lang/gforth
  77. lang/ghc
  78. lang/ghc94
  79. lang/ghc96
  80. lang/ghc98
  81. lang/gjs
  82. lang/gnustep-base
  83. lang/guile2
  84. lang/guile3
  85. lang/hs-brainfuck
  86. lang/hs-futhark
  87. lang/hs-koka
  88. lang/hs-unlambda
  89. lang/inko
  90. lang/librep
  91. lang/micropython
  92. lang/newlisp
  93. lang/pharo
  94. lang/picolisp
  95. lang/polyml
  96. lang/purescript
  97. lang/python27
  98. lang/python310
  99. lang/python311
  100. lang/python312
  101. lang/python313
  102. lang/python313t
  103. lang/python314
  104. lang/quilc
  105. lang/racket
  106. lang/racket-minimal
  107. lang/ruby33
  108. lang/ruby34
  109. lang/ruby40
  110. lang/sagittarius-scheme
  111. lang/smalltalk
  112. lang/snobol4
  113. lang/squeak
  114. lang/tauthon
  115. lang/trealla-prolog
  116. lang/yabasic
  117. mail/oama
  118. mail/thunderbird
  119. mail/thunderbird-esr
  120. math/hs-Agda
  121. math/hs-syfco
  122. math/maxima
  123. misc/hs-hascard
  124. net/pacemaker2
  125. net-im/matterhorn
  126. net-im/signal-desktop
  127. net-p2p/cardano-db-sync
  128. net-p2p/cardano-node
  129. net-p2p/ogmios
  130. ports-mgmt/hs-cabal2tuple
  131. ports-mgmt/hs-panopticum
  132. print/hs-hscolour
  133. science/paraview
  134. science/zotero
  135. security/hs-cryptol
  136. security/p11-kit
  137. security/wazuh-manager
  138. sysutils/cardano-cli
  139. sysutils/hs-cputype
  140. sysutils/libdnf
  141. textproc/cgrep
  142. textproc/hs-lhs2tex
  143. textproc/hs-pandoc
  144. textproc/hs-pandoc-crossref
  145. textproc/hs-yaml
  146. www/chromium
  147. www/deno
  148. www/firefox
  149. www/firefox-esr
  150. www/hs-DAV
  151. www/hs-gitit
  152. www/hs-hjsmin
  153. www/hs-postgrest
  154. www/hs-wai-app-static
  155. www/hs-yesod-bin
  156. www/iridium
  157. www/librewolf
  158. www/tor-browser
  159. www/ungoogled-chromium
  160. www/waterfox
  161. x11/conlecterm
  162. x11/hs-xmobar
  163. x11-toolkits/guile-gnome-platform
  164. x11-wm/hs-xmonad
  165. Collapse this list.

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. databases/compass*
  2. devel/electron23*
  3. devel/electron24*
  4. devel/electron25*
  5. devel/electron26*
  6. devel/electron27*
  7. devel/electron28*
  8. devel/electron29*
  9. devel/electron30*
  10. devel/electron31*
  11. devel/electron32*
  12. devel/electron33*
  13. devel/electron34*
  14. devel/electron35*
  15. devel/electron36*
  16. devel/hs-bytestring-nums*
  17. devel/hs-c2hs*
  18. devel/hs-drift*
  19. devel/hs-haddock*
  20. devel/hs-hdoc*
  21. devel/hs-hls-install*
  22. devel/hs-idoc*
  23. devel/hs-spago*
  24. devel/lua-alien*
  25. devel/php74-ffi*
  26. devel/php80-ffi*
  27. devel/php81-ffi*
  28. devel/pure-ffi*
  29. devel/py-gobject*
  30. devel/py-gobject3*
  31. devel/py3-cffi*
  32. devel/py3-gobject3*
  33. devel/rubygem-ffi110*
  34. devel/rubygem-ffi16*
  35. devel/seed*
  36. devel/seed3*
  37. devel/yosys*
  38. finance/quba-viewer*
  39. games/hedgewars-server*
  40. graphics/copperspice*
  41. java/jamvm*
  42. java/sablevm*
  43. lang/elm*
  44. lang/ghc810*
  45. lang/ghc843*
  46. lang/ghc844*
  47. lang/ghc862*
  48. lang/ghc92*
  49. lang/newlisp-devel*
  50. lang/pypy*
  51. lang/pypy-devel*
  52. lang/pypy3*
  53. lang/pypy3-devel*
  54. lang/python26*
  55. lang/python31*
  56. lang/python32*
  57. lang/python33*
  58. lang/python34*
  59. lang/python35*
  60. lang/python36*
  61. lang/python37*
  62. lang/python38*
  63. lang/python39*
  64. lang/racket-textual*
  65. lang/ruby32*
  66. lang/spidermonkey102*
  67. lang/spidermonkey38*
  68. lang/spidermonkey52*
  69. lang/spidermonkey60*
  70. lang/spidermonkey68*
  71. lang/spidermonkey78*
  72. lang/spidermonkey91*
  73. lang/stklos*
  74. lang/whitespace*
  75. math/freemat*
  76. math/hs-penrose*
  77. math/sage*
  78. textproc/hs-cgrep*
  79. textproc/hs-pandoc-citeproc*
  80. textproc/hs-pandoc32*
  81. www/libxul*
  82. www/seamonkey*
  83. x11-servers/wayland*
  84. x11-toolkits/gtkada3*
  85. Collapse this list of deleted ports.
for Run
  1. devel/ruby-build
  2. security/yubioath-desktop

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. lang/ruby19*
  2. lang/ruby20*
  3. lang/ruby21*
  4. lang/ruby22*
  5. lang/ruby23*
  6. lang/ruby24*
  7. lang/ruby25*
  8. lang/ruby26*
  9. lang/ruby27*
  10. lang/ruby30*
  11. lang/ruby31*
  12. lang/ruby35*
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://github.com/libffi/libffi/releases/download/v3.5.1/
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