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

An old thread, but anyway...

After putting the required files in a location where they could be found, I got it working:

cp /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/ffi* /usr/local/include/
cp /usr/lib/libffi.so /usr/local/lib/