cffi: Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code

Description

development website: https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/cffi

documentation website: https://cffi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

PyPI page: https://pypi.org/project/cffi/

License

MIT

Upstream Contact

https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/cffi

Type

standard

Dependencies

• $(PYTHON)

• $(PYTHON_TOOLCHAIN)

• pycparser: Parser of the C language in Python

Version Information

package-version.txt:

1.15.1

version_requirements.txt:

cffi >=1.14.0

Equivalent System Packages

conda-forge

$ conda install cffi

Fedora/Redhat/CentOS

$ sudo yum install python3-cffi

Gentoo Linux

$ sudo emerge virtual/python-cffi

MacPorts

$ sudo port install py-cffi

openSUSE

$ sudo zypper install python3\$\{PYTHON_MINOR\}-cffi

Void Linux

$ sudo xbps-install python3-cffi

See https://repology.org/project/python:cffi/versions

If the system package is installed and if the (experimental) option --enable-system-site-packages is passed to ./configure, then ./configure will check if the system package can be used.