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Port details on branch 2025Q3
libffi Foreign Function Interface
3.5.1 devel on this many watch lists=90 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 3.5.1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: kbowling@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: unknown
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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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_13.5.13.5.1-3.3_1-
FreeBSD:13:quarterly3.4.63.5.13.4.43.4.63.5.13.4.43.4.43.4.4
FreeBSD:14:latest3.5.13.5.13.4.43.5.13.5.13.4.4-3.4.4
FreeBSD:14:quarterly3.5.13.5.1-3.4.63.5.13.4.43.4.43.4.4
FreeBSD:15:latest3.5.13.5.1n/a3.5.1n/a3.4.4_13.4.4_13.4.4_1
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/ruby32
  2. lang/ruby33
  3. lang/ruby34
  4. lang/ruby35
  5. lang/sagittarius-scheme

Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 11 deleted ports
  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. Collapse this list of deleted ports.
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
Expand this list (234 items / 227 hidden - sorry, this count includes any deleted ports)
  1. Collapse this list).
  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/electron32
  11. devel/electron34
  12. devel/electron35
  13. devel/electron36
  14. devel/electron37
  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-git-annex
  29. devel/hs-git-brunch
  30. devel/hs-hadolint
  31. devel/hs-happy
  32. devel/hs-haskell-language-server
  33. devel/hs-hasktags
  34. devel/hs-hlint
  35. devel/hs-hoogle
  36. devel/hs-hpack
  37. devel/hs-hspec-discover
  38. devel/hs-mueval
  39. devel/hs-ormolu
  40. devel/hs-profiteur
  41. devel/hs-shake
  42. devel/hs-spago
  43. devel/hs-threadscope
  44. devel/libgnt
  45. devel/lua-lgi
  46. devel/p5-FFI-Platypus
  47. devel/p5-Glib-Object-Introspection
  48. devel/php81-ffi
  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. finance/hs-hledger
  62. finance/hs-hledger-ui
  63. finance/hs-hledger-web
  64. finance/quba-viewer
  65. games/hs-scroll
  66. games/lwjgl3
  67. graphics/hs-tart
  68. graphics/openfx-arena
  69. graphics/wayland
  70. lang/cjs
  71. lang/crystal
  72. lang/dhall
  73. lang/ecl
  74. lang/elm
  75. lang/gforth
  76. lang/ghc
  77. lang/ghc92
  78. lang/ghc94
  79. lang/ghc96
  80. lang/gjs
  81. lang/gnustep-base
  82. lang/guile2
  83. lang/guile3
  84. lang/hs-brainfuck
  85. lang/hs-futhark
  86. lang/hs-koka
  87. lang/hs-unlambda
  88. lang/inko
  89. lang/librep
  90. lang/micropython
  91. lang/newlisp
  92. lang/pharo
  93. lang/picolisp
  94. lang/polyml
  95. lang/purescript
  96. lang/python27
  97. lang/python310
  98. lang/python311
  99. lang/python312
  100. lang/python39
  101. lang/quilc
  102. lang/racket
  103. lang/racket-minimal
  104. lang/sagittarius-scheme
  105. lang/smalltalk
  106. lang/snobol4
  107. lang/spidermonkey102
  108. lang/spidermonkey78
  109. lang/spidermonkey91
  110. lang/squeak
  111. lang/tauthon
  112. lang/trealla-prolog
  113. lang/yabasic
  114. mail/oama
  115. mail/thunderbird
  116. mail/thunderbird-esr
  117. math/hs-Agda
  118. math/hs-syfco
  119. math/maxima
  120. misc/hs-hascard
  121. net/pacemaker2
  122. net-im/matterhorn
  123. net-im/signal-desktop
  124. net-p2p/cardano-db-sync
  125. net-p2p/cardano-node
  126. net-p2p/ogmios
  127. ports-mgmt/hs-cabal2tuple
  128. ports-mgmt/hs-panopticum
  129. print/hs-hscolour
  130. science/paraview
  131. science/zotero
  132. security/hs-cryptol
  133. security/p11-kit
  134. security/wazuh-manager
  135. sysutils/cardano-cli
  136. sysutils/hs-cputype
  137. sysutils/libdnf
  138. textproc/cgrep
  139. textproc/hs-lhs2tex
  140. textproc/hs-pandoc
  141. textproc/hs-pandoc-crossref
  142. textproc/hs-yaml
  143. www/chromium
  144. www/firefox
  145. www/firefox-esr
  146. www/hs-DAV
  147. www/hs-gitit
  148. www/hs-hjsmin
  149. www/hs-postgrest
  150. www/hs-wai-app-static
  151. www/hs-yesod-bin
  152. www/iridium
  153. www/librewolf
  154. www/tor-browser
  155. www/ungoogled-chromium
  156. www/waterfox
  157. x11/conlecterm
  158. x11/hs-xmobar
  159. x11-toolkits/guile-gnome-platform
  160. x11-wm/hs-xmonad
  161. Collapse this list.

Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 68 deleted ports
  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/electron33*
  12. devel/hs-bytestring-nums*
  13. devel/hs-c2hs*
  14. devel/hs-drift*
  15. devel/hs-haddock*
  16. devel/hs-hdoc*
  17. devel/hs-hls-install*
  18. devel/hs-idoc*
  19. devel/lua-alien*
  20. devel/php74-ffi*
  21. devel/php80-ffi*
  22. devel/pure-ffi*
  23. devel/py-gobject*
  24. devel/py-gobject3*
  25. devel/py3-cffi*
  26. devel/py3-gobject3*
  27. devel/rubygem-ffi110*
  28. devel/seed*
  29. devel/seed3*
  30. devel/yosys*
  31. games/hedgewars-server*
  32. graphics/copperspice*
  33. java/jamvm*
  34. java/sablevm*
  35. lang/ghc810*
  36. lang/ghc843*
  37. lang/ghc844*
  38. lang/ghc862*
  39. lang/newlisp-devel*
  40. lang/pypy*
  41. lang/pypy-devel*
  42. lang/pypy3*
  43. lang/pypy3-devel*
  44. lang/python26*
  45. lang/python31*
  46. lang/python32*
  47. lang/python33*
  48. lang/python34*
  49. lang/python35*
  50. lang/python36*
  51. lang/python37*
  52. lang/python38*
  53. lang/racket-textual*
  54. lang/spidermonkey38*
  55. lang/spidermonkey52*
  56. lang/spidermonkey60*
  57. lang/spidermonkey68*
  58. lang/stklos*
  59. lang/whitespace*
  60. math/freemat*
  61. math/hs-penrose*
  62. math/sage*
  63. textproc/hs-pandoc-citeproc*
  64. textproc/hs-pandoc32*
  65. www/libxul*
  66. www/seamonkey*
  67. x11-servers/wayland*
  68. x11-toolkits/gtkada3*
  69. Collapse this list of deleted ports.
for Run
  1. devel/ruby-build
  2. lang/ruby32
  3. lang/ruby33
  4. lang/ruby34
  5. lang/ruby35
  6. security/yubioath-desktop

Deleted ports which required this port:

Expand this list of 11 deleted ports
  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*
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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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