libffi 3.4.6

Foreign function call interface library

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.

FFI stands for Foreign Function Interface. A foreign function interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code written in one language to call code written in another language. The libffi library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent layer of a fully featured foreign function interface. A layer must exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values passed between the two languages.

Outputs: debug, out
Website: https://www.sourceware.org/libffi/
Licenses: Expat
Package source: gnu/packages/libffi.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install libffi 3.4.6 as follows:

guix install libffi@3.4.6

Or install the latest version:

guix install libffi

The libffi package provides more outputs besides the default (out). You can install them by appending :output-name to the package specification. For example:

guix install libffi:debug

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.