[New-bugs-announce] [issue40367] ImportError: libffi.so.6

[YoSTEALTH]

New submission from YoSTEALTH <ritesh at stealthcentral.com>:

>>> /opt/python/3.8.1/lib/python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./setup.py", line 1, in <module>
    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
  File "/opt/python/3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 19, in <module>
    from setuptools.dist import Distribution
  File "/opt/python/3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 34, in <module>
    from setuptools import windows_support
  File "/opt/python/3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/windows_support.py", line 2, in <module>
    import ctypes
  File "/opt/python/3.8.1/lib/python3.8/ctypes/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
ImportError: libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory



"libffi 3.3-3" on "5.6.5-3-MANJARO" is installed as:

/usr/lib/libffi.so
/usr/lib/libffi.so.7
/usr/lib/libffi.so.7.1.0
...


Maybe `_ctypes` should try to find "libffi.so" vs "libffi.so.6" ?

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components: ctypes
messages: 367048
nosy: YoSTEALTH
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: ImportError: libffi.so.6
type: compile error

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