libffi-dev software package provides Foreign Function Interface library (development files), you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libffi-dev
libffi-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libffi-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libffi-dev *
You will get with libffi-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libffi-dev |
| Version | 3.1-2+b2 |
| Description | Foreign Function Interface library (development files) |
| Sub Section | Libdevel |
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