GLib compile error (ffi.h), but libffi is installed

Question

After a succesful configure, make exits with snipped

gclosure.c:29:17: fatal error: ffi.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
         


        

Answer 1

If you have a Debian-based Linux OS with apt-get:

sudo apt-get install libffi-dev

With a Redhat-base OS:

yum install libffi-devel

With Alpine Linux:

apk add libffi-dev