diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.installer.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.installer.yml
index 5bc34173..f18229cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.installer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.installer.yml
@@ -132,22 +132,11 @@ jobs:
           - debian:buster-slim
           - debian:bullseye-slim
           - debian:bookworm-slim
-
           - archlinux:latest
-
-          # - ubuntu:trusty     glibc too old
-          # - ubuntu:xenial     glibc too old
-          # - ubuntu:bionic     glibc too old
-          # - ubuntu:lunar      out of support
           - ubuntu:focal
           - ubuntu:jammy
-          - ubuntu:24.04
-          - ubuntu:24.10
-
+          - ubuntu:noble
           - fedora:latest
-
-          # - nixos/nix:latest  can’t exec
-          # - alpine:latest     pkgx binary doesn’t actually end up on the system (wtf)
     container: ${{ matrix.container }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/installer.sh b/installer.sh
index bc4107c5..212ddf11 100755
--- a/installer.sh
+++ b/installer.sh
@@ -58,15 +58,17 @@ _install_pre_reqs() {
     # difficult to pkg in our opinion
     B=libudev-dev
 
+    # NOTE ffi is only needed for pkgx’s built with deno^2 and on arm64
+
     case $(cat /etc/debian_version) in
     jessie/sid|8.*|stretch/sid|9.*)
-      apt --yes install libc-dev libstdc++-4.8-dev libgcc-4.7-dev $A $B;;
+      apt --yes install libc-dev libstdc++-4.8-dev libgcc-4.7-dev libffi5 $A $B;;
     buster/sid|10.*)
-      apt --yes install libc-dev libstdc++-8-dev libgcc-8-dev $A $B;;
+      apt --yes install libc-dev libstdc++-8-dev libgcc-8-dev libffi6 $A $B;;
     bullseye/sid|11.*)
-      apt --yes install libc-dev libstdc++-10-dev libgcc-9-dev $A $B;;
+      apt --yes install libc-dev libstdc++-10-dev libgcc-9-dev libffi7 $A $B;;
     bookworm/sid|12.*|*)
-      apt --yes install libc-dev libstdc++-11-dev libgcc-11-dev $A $B;;
+      apt --yes install libc-dev libstdc++-11-dev libgcc-11-dev libffi8 $A $B;;
     esac
   elif test -f /etc/fedora-release; then
     $SUDO yum --assumeyes install libatomic